How can birds live long and hard? patterns in the physiology and behaviour of aging birds
As animals age, they are expected to invest successively more energy in reproduction as they have fewer subsequent chances to reproduce (the “restraint” hypothesis). Conversely, the oldest animals may show restraint in reproduction because even a small increase in energy expended during reproduction...
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Company of Biologists
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22283 |