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The oxidative costs of reproduction are group-size dependent in a wild cooperative breeder

Life-history theory assumes that reproduction entails a cost, and research on cooperatively breeding societies suggests that the cooperative sharing of workloads can reduce this cost. However, the physiological mechanisms that underpin both the costs of reproduction and the benefits of cooperation r...

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Autores principales: Cram, Dominic L., Blount, Jonathan D., Young, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26582023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2031