Reproductive performance in female common hamsters.

Claudia Franceschini-Zink1, Eva Millesi

  • 1Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. claudia.franceschini@chello.at <claudia.franceschini@chello.at>

Zoology (Jena, Germany)
|November 21, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Early emerging female common hamsters with high reproductive success weaned more offspring and survived better. They balanced reproductive costs by extending hibernation preparation, showing tailored maternal investment strategies.

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