Costs of reproduction and terminal investment by females in a semelparous marsupial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fisher, Diana O ^a,b   Blomberg, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF REPRODUCTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL RATE; WEANING; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANTECHINUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MARSUPIALIA; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79251578656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015226     Document Type: Article

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