Continentality affects body condition and size but not yearly reproductive output in female European hares (Lepus europaeus)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 662-664

  Hackländer, Klaus ^a   Zeitlhofer, Claudia ^a   Ceulemans, Thomas ^b   Suchentrunk, Franz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate; Energy allocation; Fecundity; Life history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE AT MATURITY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FAT RESERVE; FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM;

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 80955181052     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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