Pulsed resources and climate-induced variation in the reproductive traits of wild boar under high hunting pressure

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1278-1290

  Sabrina, Servanty ^a,b   Jean Michel, Gaillard ^a   Carole, Toïgo ^b   Serge, Brandt ^b   Eric, Baubet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Capital income continuum; Life history tactic; Proportion of females breeding; Sus scrofa; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BODY MASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HARVESTING; HUNTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 70349917789     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01579.x     Document Type: Article

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