Experimental evidence of a risk-sensitive reproductive allocation in a long-lived mammal

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 829-837

  Bårdsen, Bård Jørgen ^a,b   Fauchald, Per ^a,b   Tveraa, Torkild ^a   Langeland, Knut ^a,b   Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles ^a,b   Ims, Rolf Anker ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Environmental stochasticity; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Prudent parent; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 42249109224     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0414.1     Document Type: Article

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