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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| 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 |