Female red squirrels fit Williams' hypothesis of increasing reproductive effort with increasing age

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1192-1201

  Descamps, Sébastien ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^c   Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation; General life history problem; Investment; Reproductive value; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; TIME; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 35148895804     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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