Bighorn ewes transfer the costs of reproduction to their lambs

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-423

  Martin, Julien G A ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep ewe; Fitness; Heritability; Life history traits; Parent offspring conflict; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERITABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; HORN; LACTATION; LIMITING FACTOR; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SHEEP; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; RAM MOUNTAIN;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 77957590034     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656267     Document Type: Article

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