Nutritional status and prey energy density govern reproductive success in a small cetacean

Abstract A variety of mammals suppress reproduction when they experience poor physical condition or environmental harshness. In many marine mammal species, reproductive impairment has been correlated to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the most frequently measured chemical pollutants, while the rel...

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Main Authors: Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Sanne Hessing, Amy Mairo, Mariel T. I. ten Doeschate, Jelle Treep, Jan van den Broek, Guido O. Keijl, Ursula Siebert, Hans Heesterbeek, Andrea Gröne, Mardik F. Leopold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98629-x