Poor horse traders: Large mammals trade survival for reproduction during the process of feralization

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1911-1919

  Grange, Sophie ^a,d   Duncan, Patrick ^a,b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Ecosystem restoration; Equid; Feralization; Population dynamics; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FECUNDITY; FERAL ORGANISM; GROWTH RATE; HORSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERAL ANIMAL; FOAL; HORSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 66149173685     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1828     Document Type: Article

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