Predation risk and longevity influence variation in fitness of female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Kjellander, Petter ^a,b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c   Hewison, Mark ^b   Liberg, Olof ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Demographic tactic; Environmental stochasticity; Phenotypic quality; Reproductive success; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; FITNESS; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOX; LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 3242888766     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0177     Document Type: Article

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