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@article{citeulike:4788457, abstract = {The variability of two fitness-related phenotypic traits (body weight and a mandibular skeletal ratio) was analysed among cohorts and age-classes of red deer in Norway. Phenotypic variation among cohorts was pronounced for calves, yearlings and reproductively mature adults. Fluctuations in cohort-specific mean body weights and skeletal ratios of adults correlated with global climatic variation in winter conditions influenced by the North Atlantic Oscillation while cohorts were in utero. Red deer born following warm winters were smaller than those born after cold winters, and this inter-cohort variability persisted into adulthood. Phenotypic variation among cohorts of red deer influenced by climate change may pose consequences for fitness of cohorts since body size and condition contribute to reproductive success and survival in male and female red deer. In particular, the recent trend of increasingly warm winters in northern Europe and Scandinavia may lead to reduced body size and fecundity of red deer, and perhaps other ungulates, in those areas.}, author = {Post, E. and Stenseth, N. C. and Langvatn, R. and Fromentin, J. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4788457}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0182}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9332016}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9332016}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.1997.0182}, issn = {0962-8452}, journal = {Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society}, keywords = {climate, climate-change, climate-population-dynamics, cohort, herbivores-climate, red-deer}, month = {September}, number = {1386}, pages = {1317--1324}, posted-at = {2009-06-09 16:41:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Global climate change and phenotypic variation among red deer cohorts.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0182}, volume = {264}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4788457 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4788457 N2 - The variability of two fitness-related phenotypic traits (body weight and a mandibular skeletal ratio) was analysed among cohorts and age-classes of red deer in Norway. Phenotypic variation among cohorts was pronounced for calves, yearlings and reproductively mature adults. Fluctuations in cohort-specific mean body weights and skeletal ratios of adults correlated with global climatic variation in winter conditions influenced by the North Atlantic Oscillation while cohorts were in utero. Red deer born following warm winters were smaller than those born after cold winters, and this inter-cohort variability persisted into adulthood. Phenotypic variation among cohorts of red deer influenced by climate change may pose consequences for fitness of cohorts since body size and condition contribute to reproductive success and survival in male and female red deer. In particular, the recent trend of increasingly warm winters in northern Europe and Scandinavia may lead to reduced body size and fecundity of red deer, and perhaps other ungulates, in those areas. IS - 1386 JF - Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society SN - 0962-8452 EP - 1324 TI - Global climate change and phenotypic variation among red deer cohorts. VL - 264 SP - 1317 KW - climate KW - climate-change KW - climate-population-dynamics KW - cohort KW - herbivores-climate KW - red-deer AU - Post, E AU - Stenseth, NC AU - Langvatn, R AU - Fromentin, JM PY - 1997/09/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0182 ER -