Offspring pay sooner, parents pay later: experimental manipulation of body mass reveals trade-offs between immune function, reproduction and survival

INTRODUCTION: Life-history theory predicts that organisms trade off survival against reproduction. However, the time scales on which various consequences become evident and the physiology mediating the cost of reproduction remain poorly understood. Yet, explaining not only which mechanisms mediate t...

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Autores principales: Hegemann, Arne, Matson, Kevin D, Flinks, Heiner, Tieleman, B Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-77

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-77

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