Increased effect of harsh climate in red deer with a poor set of teeth

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Loe, Leif Egil ^a   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a   Langvatn, Rolf ^b,c   Mysterud, Atle ^a   Veiberg, Vebjørn ^a,b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body weight; Dentition; Mechanisms; NAO; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEER; DENTITION; LIFE HISTORY; SELECTION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLIMATE; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CLIMATE; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY AREAS; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 30544446397     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0172-7     Document Type: Article

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