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Dominance rank but not body size influences female reproductive success in mountain gorillas
According to life history theory, natural selection has shaped trade-offs for allocating energy among growth, reproduction and maintenance to maximize individual fitness. In social mammals body size and dominance rank are two key variables believed to influence female reproductive success. However,...
Autores principales: | Wright, Edward, Galbany, Jordi, McFarlin, Shannon C., Ndayishimiye, Eric, Stoinski, Tara S., Robbins, Martha M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32492071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233235 |
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