Reproductive success and failure: The role of winter body mass in reproductive allocation in Norwegian moose

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 995-1005

  Milner, Jos M ^a   van Beest, Floris M ^a,c   Solberg, Erling J ^b   Storaas, Torstein ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deer; Life history; Reproductive effort; Supplementary feeding; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; DEER; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGE; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

NORWAY;

ALCES ALCES; CERVIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY WEIGHT; BOVIDS; BREEDING; FEMALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RUMINANTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84878114857     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2547-x     Document Type: Article

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