Getting fat or getting help? How female mammals cope with energetic constraints on reproduction
Abstract 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 rep...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0214-0 |