The cost of maturing early in a solitary carnivore

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 943-948

  Nilsen, Erlend B ^a   Brøseth, Henrik ^a   Odden, John ^a   Linnell, John D C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Life history; Litter size; Lynx lynx

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; FELID; FEMALE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MATURATION; PARENTAL CARE; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; LYNX; NORWAY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LYNX; NORWAY; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

NORWAY;

LYNX LYNX;

EID: 78449253828     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1713-2     Document Type: Article

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