Great ranging associated with greater reproductive investment in mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 192-196

  Pontzer, Herman ^a   Kamilar, Jason M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Energetics; Foraging economics; Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES COMPARISON; THEORY; TIME; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58549107643     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806105106     Document Type: Article

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