Sex differences in the interplay of cohort and mother quality on body mass of red deer calves

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1992-2002

  Loison, Anne ^a   Solberg, Erling Johan ^b   Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles ^b   Langvatn, Rolf ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cervus elaphus; Cohort; Mother quality; Red deer; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEER; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444289751     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0600     Document Type: Article

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