Trading offspring size for number in a variable environment: Selection on reproductive investment in female Soay sheep

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-364

  Wilson, A J ^a   Pemberton, J M ^a   Pilkington, J G ^a   Clutton Brock, T H ^b   Kruuk, L E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Evolutionary constraint; Ovis aries

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SCOTLAND; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 59449106898     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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