Family legacies: Short- and long-term fitness consequences of early-life conditions in female European rabbits

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 789-797

  Rödel, Heiko G ^a   Von Holst, Dietrich ^a   Kraus, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early development; LRS; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Senescence; Siblings; Survival

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEMALE; FITNESS; JUVENILE; LAGOMORPH; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATURATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; LONGEVITY; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 66749165920     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01537.x     Document Type: Article

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