Maternal characteristics and environment affect the costs of reproduction in female mountain goats

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2034-2043

  Hamel, Sandra ^a,c,d   Côté, Steeve D ^a,c   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Density; Environmental conditions; Mountain goat; North pacific index; Oreamnos americanus; Reproductive strategy; Survival; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GOAT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARTURITION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GOAT; LONGEVITY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; VETERINARY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GOATS; LONGEVITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77954608067     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1311.1     Document Type: Article

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