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Early reproductive investment, senescence and lifetime reproductive success in female Asian elephants
The evolutionary theory of senescence posits that as the probability of extrinsic mortality increases with age, selection should favour early-life over late-life reproduction. Studies on natural vertebrate populations show early reproduction may impair later-life performance, but the consequences fo...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BlackWell Publishing Ltd
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237172/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24580655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12350 |