Balancing Current and Future Reproductive Investment: Variation in Resource Selection During Stages of Reproduction in a Long-Lived Herbivore

Balancing Current and Future Reproductive Investment: Variation in Resource Selection During Stages of Reproduction in a Long-Lived Herbivore

Large herbivores exhibit relatively slow-paced life histories, and allocate resources toward maintaining high rates of adult survival, while juvenile survival has greater variability. Maternal females make decisions throughout life stages of reproduction to meet their nutritional demands while simul...

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Main Authors: Levi J. Heffelfinger, Kelley M. Stewart, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Neal W. Darby, Vernon C. Bleich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
fitness
Odocoileus hemionus
machine learning
Mojave desert
life history
mule deer
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00163/full

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