Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Mason, Tom H E ^a   Chirichella, Roberta ^b,c   Richards, Shane A ^a   Stephens, Philip A ^a   Willis, Stephen G ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Adamello Brenta Nature Park   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; SENESCENCE; AGING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

MAMMALIA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; RUPICAPRA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81355142750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028002     Document Type: Article

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