Individual variation in reproductive costs of reproduction: High-quality females always do better

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Hamel, Sandra ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a,c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual reproductive success; Bighorn sheep; Mountain goat; Roe deer; Weaning

Indexed keywords

DEER; GOAT; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOVIDS; DEER; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANTS; SHEEP, BIGHORN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 57549104884     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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