Is Mean Litter Size the Most Productive? A Test in Columbian Ground Squirrels

• 1 July 1995
• journal article
• Published by Wiley in Ecology
• Vol. 76  (5) , 1643-1654
• https://doi.org/10.2307/1938165

Abstract

Keywords

• BAD‐YEARS EFFECT
• CLIFF EDGE EFFECT
• COSTS OF REPRODUCTION
• INDIVIDUAL OPTIMIZATION
• LACK'S HYPOTHESIS
• LIFE HISTORY
• LITTER SIZE
• SPERMOPHILUS