Climate and mammalian life histories

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 719-736

  Tökölyi, Jácint ^a   Schmidt, Júlia ^a   Barta, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative analysis; Macroecology; Predictability; Reproductive traits; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FECUNDITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WEANING;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84897372635     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12238     Document Type: Article

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