A trade-off between current and future sex allocation revealed by maternal energy budget in a small mammal

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1720, 2011, Pages 2962-2969

  Rutkowska, Joanna ^a   Koskela, Esa ^b   Mappes, Tapio ^c   Speakman, John R ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Science ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Costly sons; Costs of reproduction; Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labelled water; Food consumption

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENERGY BUDGET; FITNESS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RODENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TRADE-OFF;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052243914     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2654     Document Type: Article

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