The influence of persistent individual differences and age at maturity on effective population size

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1722, 2011, Pages 3303-3312

  Lee, Aline Magdalena ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Effective population size; Individual quality; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC DRIFT; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 80053209408     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0283     Document Type: Article

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