Adjustment of reproductive investment and offspring sex ratio in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in relation to winter severity

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1305-1311

  Garroway, Colin J ^a,b   Broders, Hugh G ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Extrinsic modification; Life history; Maternal condition; Sex ratio variation; Trivers and Willard hypothesis; Winter weather

Indexed keywords

DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX RATIO; STOCHASTICITY; WINTER;

ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 35548940792     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-212R2.1     Document Type: Article

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