Age-specific resource investment strategies: Evidence from female Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-394

  Broussard, D R ^a,c   Michener, G R ^b   Dobson, F S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific reproduction; Litter size; Principal components analysis; Reproductive investment; Resource allocation; Somatic investment; Spermophilus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 33644975262     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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