Climate-dependent allocation of resources to secondary sexual traits in red deer

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-252

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Meisingset, Erling ^b   Langvatn, Rolf ^c   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^d   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b The Norwegian Center for Ecological Agriculture   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 28044468599     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14197.x     Document Type: Article

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