PHENOLOGIC INFLUENCES ON COHORT-SPECIFIC REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN MICE (PEROMYSCUS-POLIONOTUS)
PHENOLOGIC INFLUENCES ON COHORT-SPECIFIC REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN MICE (PEROMYSCUS-POLIONOTUS)
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DOI:
10.2307/1936960
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
4.8
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DAPSON, RW
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作者:
DAPSON, RW
Breeding seasons and birth cohorts were defined for 2 populations of mice (P. polionotus). Cohort-specific differences in reproductive effort were correlated with residual reproductive value. In one population, mice lived nearly 2 yr, reproduced at moderate rates, and showed few differences in cohort-specific reproductive strategy. Mice from the other population lived < 1 yr, and spring-, summer- and fall-born females exhibited markedly different reproductive strategies. Cohorts able to breed in a future season had moderate reproductive efforts, which did not increase risk of mortality. Extraordinary efforts (being pregnant and lactating simultaneously), which seriously increased mortality rate, were undertaken when residual reproductive value became 0. Nestling mortality increased with litter size when there were more than 3 young/litter, but larger litters still resulted in more weaned young than did smaller litters. The model of Pianka and Parker (1975) was discussed. Populations of very short-lived mammals may characteristically have seasonal cohorts operating under different reproductive strategies.