Reproductive Effort and Terminal Investment in Iteroparous Animals

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Adaptation and Natural Selection

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The Fire of Life: An Introduction to Animal Energetics

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Population Studies of Birds

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The Costs of Reproduction and Their Consequences

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Mountain sheep;: A study in behavior and evolution

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The Ecology of Reproduction in Wild and Domestic Mammals

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The African Buffalo: A Study of Resource Limitation of Populations

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The Influence of the Pair-Bond and Age on the Breeding Biology of the Kittiwake Gull Rissa tridactyla

1966 • 431 citations

EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES IN LIZARD REPRODUCTION

1970 • 427 citations

The Concept of Reproductive Effort and Its Relation to the Evolution of Life Histories of Lizards

1969 • 422 citations

THE COST OF REPRODUCTION – A PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH

1979 • 419 citations

ADAPTIVE FEATURES OF MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION

1977 • 383 citations

Sexual activity reduces lifespan of male fruitflies

1981 • 361 citations

Evolution of Life Histories in Response to Age-Specific Mortality Factors

1979 • 356 citations

Social dominance relationships in a herd of dairy cattle

1955 • 315 citations

Annual cycles of body weight and condition in Scottish Red deer, Cervus elaphus

1976 • 300 citations

Reproductive Costs in the House Martin (Delichon urbica)

1979 • 255 citations

Fertility and Body Weight in Female Red Deer: A Density-Dependent Relationship

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Elephants and their habitats

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Life history of yellow baboons: Physical development, reproductive parameters, and infant mortality

1977 • 237 citations

Natural Selection and a Cost Ceiling on Reproductive Effort

1974 • 236 citations

The Relation of Reproductive Effort to Age

1976 • 235 citations

Energy Costs of Reproduction in the Cotton Rat, Sigmodon Hispidus

1977 • 228 citations

LIFESPAN AND FECUNDITY PATTERNS IN ROTIFERS: THE COST OF REPRODUCTION

1977 • 213 citations

CLUTCH SIZE, BREEDING SUCCESS, AND PARENTAL SURVIVAL IN THE TREE SWALLOW ( IRIDOPROCNE BICOLOR )

1980 • 200 citations

On the Evolution of Reproductive Strategies in Birds: Reproductive Effort

1977 • 199 citations

Techniques of Population Analysis.

1959 • 186 citations

Age Specificity and Ecological Theory

1970 • 181 citations

Population Dynamics and Breeding Success of the Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, on the Farne Islands, Northumberland

1980 • 178 citations

Age, Experience and Other Factors Affecting the Breeding Success of the Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, in Orkney

1978 • 177 citations

Primate Infant's Effects on Mother's Future Reproduction

1978 • 170 citations

Nutrition and lactational control of fertility in red deer

1983 • 160 citations

Comparative Demography of Two Viviparous Iguanid Lizards (Sceloporus Jarrovi and Sceloporus Poinsetti)

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Island Survivors: The Ecology of the Soay Sheep of St Kilda.

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Studies in dominance-subordination relationship in a group of semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.)

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Population Characteristics of the Terrestrial Isopod Armadillidium Vulgare in California Grassland

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Reproduction in farmed red deer. 1. Hind and stag fertility

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DOES HIGH FECUNDITY REDUCE SURVIVAL IN SONG SPARROWS?

1981 • 138 citations

Increased Reproductive Effort with Age in the California Gull(Larus californicus)

1981 • 138 citations

Reproductive Effort and Return Rate of male Pied Flycatchers

1979 • 137 citations

Conception dates in relation to age and condition in two populations of Red deer in Scotland

1973 • 137 citations

Differential Survival Rates Among Breeding Kittiwake Gulls Rissa tridactyla (L.)

1976 • 137 citations

Timing of Births and Reproductive Success in Rhesus Monkey Social Groups1

1978 • 130 citations

The influence of age on the breeding biology and survival of the Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea

1976 • 128 citations

Demographic observations (1963–1973) on the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania

1976 • 126 citations

Population Stability and Life History Phenomena

1966 • 117 citations

SURVIVAL OF YOUNG GREAT TITS IN RELATION TO AGE OF FEMALE PARENT

1974 • 106 citations

Age and Breeding in Sparrowhawks

1981 • 100 citations

Breeding Adaptations in the Eastern Bluebird

1977 • 88 citations

On the biology of Pandalus borealis Krøyer, with reference to a population off the Northumberland coast

1959 • 86 citations

Ecology of the Agamid Lizard Amphibolurus isolepis in Western Australia

1971 • 84 citations

Influence of body weight and presence of horns on social rank in domestic cattle

1972 • 81 citations

The Relationship between Fecundity, Phenology, and Longevity: A Systems Approach

1973 • 77 citations

An increase in parental investment during the breeding season

1981 • 71 citations

Reproduction in farmed red deer:3. Hind growth and mortality

1981 • 70 citations

Patterns of Reproduction in a Laboratory Colony of Peromyscus

1973 • 67 citations

Life-history strategies

1979 • 58 citations

"Nepotists" and "Altruists": The Behavior of Old Females Among Macaques and Langur Monkeys

1981 • 38 citations

SO‐CALLED ANECDYSIS IN BALANUS BALANOIDES AND THE EFFECT OF BREEDING UPON THE GROWTH OF THE CALCAREOUS SHELL OF SOME COMMON BARNACLES

1962 • 37 citations

The longevity and fertility of the Orkney vole, Microtus orcadensis, as observed in the laboratory.

1955 • 34 citations

Mortality of the House Sparrow

1956 • 26 citations

Viability of Wild Meadow Voles Under Various Conditions of Population Density, Season, and Reproductive Activity

1965 • 24 citations

Age-Specific "Reproductive Effort" in the Worm Snake Carphophis vermis (Kennicott)

1970 • 11 citations

On parental investment during the breeding season

1983 • 10 citations

Changes with Age in the Strategy of Social Behavior

1982 • 8 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations