Tradeoff between offspring mass and subsequent reproduction in a highly iteroparous mammal

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 690-695

  Hamel, Sandra ^a,b   Côté, Steeve D ^c   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GOAT; MATERNAL CARE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WEANING;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS;

EID: 79955015013     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19382.x     Document Type: Article

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