Horn growth in male pronghorns Antilocapra americana: Selection for precocial maturation in stochastic environments

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-409

  Mitchell, Carl D ^a   Maher, Christine R ^b  

^a Idaho Fishery Resource Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana; Ecology; Evolution; Pronghorn

Indexed keywords

HORN; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRITION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECOCIALITY; RUMINANT; SAMPLING BIAS;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 33750591240     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03195187     Document Type: Article

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