Age-specific variation in male breeding success of a territorial ungulate species, the european roe deer

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 661-665

  Vanpé, Cecile ^a,b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c   Morellet, Nicolas ^a   Kjellander, Petter ^b   Liberg, Olof ^b   Delorme, Daniel ^d   Hewison, A J Mark ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Age of 1st breeding; Capreolus capreolus; Microsatellites; Paternity analyses; Reproductive success; Senescence; Territoriality; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; ULRICEHAMN;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 65249133958     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-137R.1     Document Type: Article

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