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The metabolic cost of nesting: body condition and blood parameters of Caiman crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger in Central Amazonia

Although nesting ecology is well studied in several crocodilian species, it is not known how nest attendance influences physiology and body condition of nesting females. In this study, we describe body condition and serum biochemical values of nesting female, non-nesting female and male spectacled c...

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Autores principales: Barão-Nóbrega, José António Lemos, Marioni, Boris, Botero-Arias, Robinson, Nogueira, António José Arsénia, Lima, Emerson Silva, Magnusson, William Ernest, Da Silveira, Ronis, Marcon, Jaydione Luiz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5756262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28631010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-017-1103-8