Determinants and consequences of age of primiparity in bighorn ewes

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 752-760

  Martin, Julien G A ^a,b   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 84859712663     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19962.x     Document Type: Article

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