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Contrasting the Effects of Maternal and Behavioral Characteristics on Fawn Birth Mass in White-Tailed Deer

Maternal care influences offspring quality and can improve a mother’s inclusive fitness. However, improved fitness may only occur when offspring quality (i.e., offspring birth mass) persists throughout life and enhances survival and/or reproductive success. Although maternal body mass, age, and soci...

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Autores principales: Michel, Eric S., Demarais, Stephen, Strickland, Bronson K., Belant, Jerrold L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136034