The adaptive value of morphological, behavioural and life-history traits in reproductive female wolves

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 222-234

  Stahler, Daniel R ^a   Macnulty, Daniel R ^b   Wayne, Robert K ^c   vonHoldt, Bridgett ^c   Smith, Douglas W ^a  

^a YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Canine distemper virus; Coat colour; Cooperative breeding; Density dependence; Disease; Group size; Large carnivores; Senescence; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANID; CARNIVORE; COLOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUSOCIALITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WOLF;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTION; WOLVES;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84872596576     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02039.x     Document Type: Article

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