Somatic senescence: Evidence from female Richardson's ground squirrels

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 591-601

  Broussard, D R ^a   Michener, Gail R ^b   Risch, T S ^c   Dobson, F S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RODENT; SENESCENCE;

SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 14844304700     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13382.x     Document Type: Article

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