Persistent maternal effects on juvenile survival in North American red squirrels

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-291

  Kerr, Tricia D ^a   Boutin, Stan ^b   LaMontagne, Jalene M ^b   McAdam, Andrew G ^c   Humphries, Murray M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Food supplementation; Lactation; Recruitment; Territory quality; Territory settlement

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; JUVENILE; LACTATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; NUTRITION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SQUIRREL; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SURVIVAL;

TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; OBSERVATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 34848870707     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0615     Document Type: Article

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