Experimental evidence of cost of lactation in a low risk environment for a long-lived mammal

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 837-852

  Bårdsen, Bård Jørgen ^a,b   Fauchald, Per ^a,b   Tveraa, Torkild ^a   Langeland, Knut ^a,b   Nieminen, Mauri ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACTATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF;

MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 66749108648     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17414.x     Document Type: Article

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