The Determinants of Optimal Litter Size in Free-Ranging Red Squirrels

• 1 October 2000
• journal article
• Published by Wiley in Ecology
• Vol. 81  (10) , 2867-2877
• https://doi.org/10.2307/177347

Abstract

Keywords

• BOREAL FOREST (YUKON
• CANADA)
• ENERGY BUDGETS
• FIELD METABOLIC RATE
• LACTATION
• LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS
• LIMITS TO REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE
• LITTER-SIZE MANIPULATIONS
• OFFSPRING NUMBER
• OPTIMAL
• RED SQUIRRELS
• REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT
• MAMMALS
• REPRODUCTIVE ENERGETICS
• SCIURIDAE
• TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS.