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Amphibians with infectious disease increase their reproductive effort: evidence for the terminal investment hypothesis
Mounting an immune response to fight disease is costly for an organism and can reduce investment in another life-history trait, such as reproduction. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that an organism will increase reproductive effort when threatened by disease. The reproductive fitness of...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.150251 |