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American Zoologist 1987 27(3):929-940; doi:10.1093/icb/27.3.929
© 1987 by The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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Seasonal Regulation of Reproduction in Muroid Rodents1

F. H. BRONSON and GLENN PERRIGO
Institute of Reproductive Biology, Department of Zoology University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

This paper offers a conceptual scheme dealing with the way environmental factors influence reproduction in muroid rodents. The combination of small size, short life span, and the fact that most environments are relatively unpredictable for short-lived animals, suggests that opportunism must be a key element in the reproductive strategies of most of these animals. Flexibility is assured by the use of dynamically changing multiple reproductive strategies within populations, simultaneous multiple cueing in individuals, modification of an individual's responses to these cues by earlier experiences, and the use or lack of use of predictors of different kinds.


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