Maternal influences on reproduction in two populations of Columbian ground squirrels

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-341

  Skibiel, Amy L ^a   Dobson, F Stephen ^a,b   Murie, Jan O ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth mass; Body condition; Columbian ground squirrel; Growth rate; Litter size; Mass change; Maternal effects; Path analysis; Spermophilus columbianus; Survival; Timing of reproduction; Weaning mass

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 66149124843     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0718.1     Document Type: Article

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