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Intermittent reproduction, mortality patterns and lifetime breeding frequency of females in a population of the adder (Vipera berus)
Female adders (Vipera berus) are “capital breeders” that exhibit delayed maturity and intermittent reproductive frequency. We studied the attainment of sexual maturity, the initiation of annual breeding in mature females, the energy and mortality costs associated with breeding, the length of the rep...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6511386/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31119090 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6912 |