The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates
Sæther, Bernt-Erik, and Gordon, Iain James (1994) The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 256 (1347). pp. 263-268.
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Abstract
We examine the relation between litter size, gestation length, neonate mass and growth rate among ungulates. By using a recent method for analysing comparative data, we show that ungulates can be divided along a slow-fast continuum, even after accounting for the effects of maternal body mass and common ancestry. Some species produce many small offspring during a short period, whereas others take a long time to raise a single large offspring. These differences in life-history strategy are associated with diet, i.e. browsers have relatively larger litters and smaller neonates than grazers.
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2954 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2016 07:43 |
| FoR Codes: | 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0603 Evolutionary Biology > 060308 Life Histories @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0608 Zoology > 060803 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 100% |
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