Variation in litter size: A test of hypotheses in Richardson's ground squirrels

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-314

  Risch, Thomas S ^a   Michener, Gail R ^b   Dobson, F Stephen ^c  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alberta, Canada; Bad years effect; Cliff edge effect; Cost of reproduction; Individual optimization; Lack's hypothesis; Life history; Litter size; Optimal clutch size; Spermophilus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EDGE EFFECT; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; SCIURIDAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 34247111187     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0249     Document Type: Article

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