Ecological Correlates of Individual Variation in Age at Maturity in Female Moose (Alces alces): The Effects of Environmental Variability

1993/07/01 by Bernt‐Erik Sæther, Bernt-Erik Saether, Morten Heim · 174 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Biomass (ecology) #Body weight #Demography #Ecology #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Population #Range (aeronautics) #Reproduction #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology

paper · doi:10.2307/5197

published in Journal of Animal Ecology 62(3), 482 (Wiley)

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Abstract

, Morten Heim, Ecological Correlates of Individual Variation in Age at Maturity in Female Moose (Alces alces): The Effects of Environmental Variability, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 62, No. 3 (Jul., 1993), pp. 482-489

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