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Body Condition Indices Predict Reproductive Success but Not Survival in a Sedentary, Tropical Bird
Body condition may predict individual fitness because those in better condition have more resources to allocate towards improving their fitness. However, the hypothesis that condition indices are meaningful proxies for fitness has been questioned. Here, we ask if intraspecific variation in condition...
Autores principales: | Milenkaya, Olga, Catlin, Daniel H., Legge, Sarah, Walters, Jeffrey R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26305457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136582 |
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