The timing of energy allocation to reproduction in an important group of marine consumers.

Organisms may energetically finance reproductive effort using energy stored prior to the reproductive period (termed capital breeders) or using energy acquired during the reproductive period (termed income breeders). The specific strategy used has implications for population dynamics as well as for...

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Main Author: Blaine D Griffen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6021059?pdf=render