Mass loss during the mating season in male common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula): Implications for age-specific variation in mating strategy

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Isaac, Joanne L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Behaviour; Life history; Marsupial; Polygyny; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY MASS; MARSUPIAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MAGNETIC ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ALOPIAS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 20444378208     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690500676X     Document Type: Article

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