Maternal investment and reproductive success in Chinese water deer

• 作 者: Christiane MAUGET Robert MAUGE
• 机 构: CNRS-UMR5173/MNHN-USM305
• 出 处: 动物学报
• 发表日期: 2009年2期
• 关键词: 动物学 鹿科 种类 研究 Chinese water deer Reproductive investment Maternal care Time-bu
• 基金项目: Acknowledgements We are grateful to F. Jayot and Y. Philippot, director and general curator of the Branfere Wildlife Park, for kindly allowing us to conduct the field study. We thank the entire Park＇

Among cervids,maternal investment,estimated as the amount of resources and care allocated to the offspring,was expected to be related to species body size. Therefore,maternal investment in a herd of captive Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis,a relative