age at first reproduction

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The age at which females first reproduce, an important component of vertebrate life histories with effects on individual fitness and population dynamics

age at first reproduction

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Publications (5)

Developmental and social constraints on early reproduction in an asocial ground squirrel

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

Long-term effects of litter sex ratio on female reproduction in two iteroparous mammals

Reproductive competition in female yellow-bellied marmots

Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: insights from a long-term study (1962-2001)

Related Concepts (10)

reproductive suppression

reproduction

winter survival

sex ratio

body size

age at sexual maturity

density dependence

courtship displays

social phenotype

fitness consequences

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Peromyscus

small mammals

Xerus inauris

wood duck

Microtus ochrogaster

Urocitellus columbianus

Aix sponsa

Mus musculus domesticus

Spruce