The evolutionary significance of latent reproductive rate in a long-lived vertebrate

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1003-1006

  Cam, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTICITY; VERTEBRATE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

AGE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHOCIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 84906241102     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12277     Document Type: Article

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