Cross-generational effects of habitat and density on life history in red deer

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3317-3326

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a   Coulson, Tim ^b   Clutton Brock, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Birth mass; Cervus elaphus; Density; Fitness; Habitat; Life history; Maternal effects; Red deer; Resource selection function (RSF)

Indexed keywords

DEER; ELEVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATURATION; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

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

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 60249084216     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1044.1     Document Type: Article

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