Sex-specific determinants of fitness in a social mammal

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2947-2959

  Lardy, Sophie ^a,b,c,d,e   Allainé, Dominique ^a,b,c   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a,b,c   Cohas, Aurélie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d Groupe cologie et Conservation   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dominance; Fitness; French Alps; Intrasexual competition; Optimal group size; Reproductive skew; Sexual conflict; Singular breeder; Sociality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MARMOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MARMOTA; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047289512     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0425.1     Document Type: Article

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