Individual quality, early-life conditions, and reproductive success in contrasted populations of large herbivores

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1981-1995

  Hamel, Sandra ^a,b,e   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^d   Côté, Steeve D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Cohort effects; Environmental conditions; Fitness; Longevity; Mean annual reproductive success over the lifetime; Mountain goat; Roe deer; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHEEP; UNGULATE; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GOAT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GOATS; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANTS; SHEEP, BIGHORN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; OREAMNOS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 67650680836     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0596.1     Document Type: Article

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