Does maternal stress influence winter survival of offspring in root voles Microtus oeconomus? A field experiment

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Bian, Jiang Hui ^a   Wu, Yan ^b   Getz, Lowell L ^c   Cao, Yi Fan ^a   Chen, Fang ^a,b   Yang, Le ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650239588     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18165.x     Document Type: Article

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