Experimental manipulation of fertility reveals potential lactation costs in a freeranging marsupial

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 859-862

  Cripps, Jemma K ^a   Wilson, Michelle E ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a   Coulson, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Eastern grey kangaroo; Foraging behaviour; Lactation; Macropus giganteus

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; HOME RANGE; INFECTIVITY; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; PARASITE; PASTURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIGILANCE;

EID: 82355194107     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0526     Document Type: Article

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