Climate change and seasonal reproduction in mammals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1534, 2009, Pages 3331-3340

  Bronson, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Foraging conditions; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Photoperiod; Seasonality; The tropics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MAMMAL; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 72949102397     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0140     Document Type: Article

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