Maternal allocation in bison: Co-occurrence of senescence, cost of reproduction, and individual quality

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1628-1639

  Hamel, Sandra ^a   Craine, Joseph M ^b   Towne, E Gene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Costs of reproduction; Individual heterogeneity; Mass; Relative maternal allocation; Reproductive constraint hypothesis; Senescence; Terminal allocation investment

Indexed keywords

CULLING; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENESCENCE; SEX ALLOCATION; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BISON; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864145702     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2181.1     Document Type: Article

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