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White-tailed deer vary offspring sex-ratio according to maternal condition and age

dc.contributor.authorBurke, Russell L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBirch, James M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-08T19:27:09Z
dc.date.available2006-09-08T19:27:09Z
dc.date.issued1995-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationBurke, Russell L.; Birch, James M.; (1995). "White-tailed deer vary offspring sex-ratio according to maternal condition and age." Ecological Research 10(3): 351-357. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41616>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0912-3814en_US
dc.identifier.issn1440-1703en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41616
dc.description.abstractWe tested two models of adaptive offspring sex-ratio that predict opposite optimal reproductive strategies for female white-tail deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ). Trivers and Willard's model predicts that does (females) in particularly good condition should produce sons, and Williams refined their model to make specific predictions about optimal offspring number/sex choices. Verme's model results in very different predictions because of very different assumptions about which sex of offspring can best benefit from high levels of maternal resources. We found clear support for the Trivers and Willard/Williams model when we analyzed data from road-killed does, and we furthermore question several of the assumptions of the Verme model.en_US
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dc.publisherSpringer-Verlag; Ecological Society of Japanen_US
dc.subject.otherEvolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.otherEcologyen_US
dc.subject.otherLife Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherForestryen_US
dc.subject.otherOptimality Modelen_US
dc.subject.otherReproductionen_US
dc.subject.otherPlant Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherBehavioural Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherZoologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAdaptationen_US
dc.titleWhite-tailed deer vary offspring sex-ratio according to maternal condition and ageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environmenten_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMuseum of Zoology and Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 481091079, Ann Arbor, MI, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMuseum of Zoology and Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 481091079, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 48109-1115, Ann Arbor, MI, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41616/1/11284_2006_Article_BF02347861.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02347861en_US
dc.identifier.sourceEcological Researchen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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