Age-related shapes of the cost of reproduction in vertebrates

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 674-677

  Proaktor, G ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^a   Coulson, T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Leslie matrix; Life history; Reproductive effort; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; REPTILES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 38449103032     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0376     Document Type: Article

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