Getting fat or getting help? How female mammals cope with energetic constraints on reproduction

BACKGROUND: Fat deposits enable a female mammal to bear the energy costs of offspring production and thus greatly influence her reproductive success. However, increasing locomotor costs and reduced agility counterbalance the fitness benefits of storing body fat. In species where costs of reproductio...

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Autores principales: Heldstab, Sandra A., van Schaik, Carel P., Isler, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5468974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0214-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5468974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0214-0

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