Age-related reproductive effort in bighorn sheep ewes

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-322

  Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   King, Wendy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age specific reproduction; Bighorn sheep; Recruitment; Senescence; Terminal investment

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SHEEP;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SHEEP RIVER;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 35248844091     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[318:AREIBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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