Age-specific variation in survival, reproductive success and offspring quality in red squirrels: Evidence of senescence

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1406-1416

  Descamps, Sébastien ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^c   Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 49649107410     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16545.x     Document Type: Article

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