Reassessing the determinants of breeding synchrony in Ungulates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  English, Annie K ^a,b   Chauvenet, Aliénor L M ^a,b   Safi, Kamran ^c   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UNGULATE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84864102121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041444     Document Type: Article

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