Mammal reproductive strategies driven by offspring mortality-size relationships

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Sibly, Richard M ^a,b   Brown, James H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history theory; Litter frequency; Litter mass; Litter size; Offspring size; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; EUTHERIA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SLOTHS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649763569     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598680     Document Type: Article

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