Individual differences, density dependence and offspring birth traits in a population of red deer

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1647, 2008, Pages 2137-2145

  Stopher, Katie V ^a,b   Pemberton, Josephine M ^b   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^c   Coulson, Tim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Environmental variation; Individual heterogeneity; Individual quality; Population density

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RED DEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; RUM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 48749099563     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0502     Document Type: Article

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