Maternal energy allocation to offspring increases with environmental quality in house mice

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 831-840

  Schubert, Kristin A ^a   De Vries, Gonda ^a   Vaanholt, Lobke M ^a,b   Meijer, Harro A J ^a   Daan, Serge ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation trade offs; Cost of reproduction; Foraging costs; Lactation energetics; Life history; Parental effort

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; METABOLISM; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MICE;

EID: 67650267198     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598495     Document Type: Article

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