Lifetime patterns in adult female mass, reproduction, and offspring mass in semidomestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2047-2055

  Rönnegård, Lars ^a   Forslund, Pär ^a   Danell, Öje ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHING;

SEMIDOMESTIC REINDEER;

BIOLOGY;

BODY MASS; DEER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTION;

SWEDEN;

CERVIDAE; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17344379520     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-192     Document Type: Article

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