Identifying when weather influences life-history traits of grazing herbivores

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-770

  Sims, Michelle ^a,d   Elston, David A ^a   Larkham, Ann ^b   Nussey, Daniel H ^c   Albon, Steve D ^b  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Mixed model; Multicollinearity; Random coefficient; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

DEER; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SMOOTHING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250741895     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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