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Effect of Restricted Preen-Gland Access on Maternal Self Maintenance and Reproductive Investment in Mallards

BACKGROUND: As egg production and offspring care are costly, females should invest resources adaptively into their eggs to optimize current offspring quality and their own lifetime reproductive success. Parasite infections can influence maternal investment decisions due to their multiple negative ph...

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Autores principales: Giraudeau, Mathieu, Czirják, Gábor Á., Duval, Camille, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Eraud, Cyril, McGraw, Kevin J., Heeb, Philipp
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21048952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013555