The ghosts of predators past: Population cycles and the role of maternal programming under fluctuating predation risk

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2983-2994

  Sheriff, Michael J ^a,b   Krebs, Charles J ^b   Boonstra, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free ranging mammal; Lepus americanus; Low phase; Lynx canadensis; Maternal effects; Maternal programming; Nongenetic phenotypic effects; Predation risk; Snowshoe hare; Stress; Ten year cycle; Yukon Canada

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BREEDING SEASON; DECADAL VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD SUPPLY; HORMONE; LACTATION; LAGOMORPH; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION RISK; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; HARE; LYNX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HARES; LYNX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957730284     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1108.1     Document Type: Article

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