When the seasons don't fit: speedy molt as a routine carry-over cost of reproduction.

The failure of animals to fit all life-cycle stages into an annual cycle could reduce the chances of successful breeding. In some cases, non-optimal strategies will be adopted in order to maintain the life-cycle within the scope of one year. We studied trade-offs made by a High Arctic migrant shoreb...

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Main Authors: Maurine W Dietz, Ken G Rogers, Theunis Piersma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547963?pdf=render