Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal.

Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal.

A fundamental life history question is how individuals should allocate resources to reproduction optimally over time (reproductive allocation). The reproductive restraint hypothesis predicts that reproductive effort (RE; the allocation of resources to current reproduction) should peak at prime-age,...

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Main Authors: Tom H E Mason, Roberta Chirichella, Shane A Richards, Philip A Stephens, Stephen G Willis, Marco Apollonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3220718?pdf=render

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