Effects of maternal and grandmaternal nutrition on deer mass and vulnerability to wolf predation

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1991
Authors:Mech, LD, Nelson, ME, McRoberts, RE
Journal:Journal of Mammalogy
Volume:72
Date Published:1991
Keywords:Canis lupus
Abstract:

In a Minnesota ecosystem, mass of female white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus fawns and adults, and survival of adult females in the face of Canis lupus predation, were directly related to maternal nutrition during gestation. Mass of single male fawns produced by 2-yr-old females, and survival of yearlings to 2 yr of age were related directly to the nutrition of their grandmothers. -Authors

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