Infanticide in the evolution of reproductive synchrony: Effects on reproductive success

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 612-621

  Poikonen, Tanja ^a   Koskela, Esa ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Mills, Suzanne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding synchrony; Infanticide tactics; Mammals; Myodes glareolus; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFANTICIDE; MAMMAL; MODEL; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 40449108480     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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