Maternal investment during pregnancy in wild meerkats

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1033-1044

  Sharp, Stuart P ^a,b   English, Sinead ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Foetal growth; Gestation; Load lightening; Maternal investment; Meerkat

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FELID; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 84881023172     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9615-x     Document Type: Article

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