Life histories of female red squirrels and their contributions to population growth and lifetime fitness

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-369

  McAdam, Andrew G ^a   Boutin, Stan ^b   Sykes, Ainsley K ^b   Humphries, Murray M ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Lesley matrix; Life history; Natural population; Population growth; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVORSHIP;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 34848911800     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[362:LHOFRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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