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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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Autores principales: Hayward, A D, Mar, K U, Lahdenperä, M, Lummaa, V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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