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Manipulation of Life-History Decisions Using Leptin in a Wild Passerine

Seasonal timing of reproduction and the number of clutches produced per season are two key avian life-history traits with major fitness consequences. Female condition may play an important role in these decisions. In mammals, body condition and leptin levels are correlated. In birds, the role of lep...

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Autores principales: te Marvelde, Luc, Visser, Marcel E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22448288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034090