Phenotypic determinants of individual fitness in female fur seals: Larger is better

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1620, 2007, Pages 1877-1883

  Beauplet, Gwénaël ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus tropicalis; Body size; Individual fitness; Lifetime reproductive success; Phenotypic quality; Provisioning regularity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FAT RESERVE; FITNESS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PINNIPED; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548484325     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0454     Document Type: Article

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