ISSN:
1432-1939
Schlagwort(e):
Growth rate variability
;
Polygyny
;
Sexual dimorphism
;
Sus scrofa
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Biologie
Notizen:
Summary In wild boar individual growth rate is linear between 0.5 and 6 months after birth, based on successive body weight measurements. Contrary to expectation for a dimorphic and polygynous mammal like wild boar, no sexual dimorphism in growth rate could be detected between 0.5 and 6 months. We argue that high total maternal invesment in offspring due to large litter size and/or strong selection for early reproduction in this population with a short generation time could explain this absence of early differentiation in postnatal growth rate according to offspring sex.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00317173
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