Mismatch Between Birth Date and Vegetation Phenology Slows the Demography of Roe Deer

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Plard, Floriane ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Coulson, Tim ^b   Hewison, A J Mark ^c   Delorme, Daniel ^d   Warnant, Claude ^d   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; ROE DEER; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; DEER; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84900452251     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001828     Document Type: Article

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