Intermittent breeding and constraints on litter size: Consequences for effective population size per generation (ne) and per reproductive cycle (nb)

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1722-1734

  Waples, Robin S ^a   Antao, Tiago ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Computer simulations; Intermittent breeding; Iteroparity; Overlapping generations

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FECUNDITY; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; POPULATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84901693888     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12384     Document Type: Article

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