The Journal of animal ecology
The ecology of gestational growth in a wild cooperative mammal.
Jack Thorley, Tim Clutton-Brock, Helen C Spence-Jones, Zoe Turner, Stuart P Sharp, Marta B Manser, Winnie Boner, Robert Gillespie, Dominic L Cram
Published: 202510.1111/1365-2656.70199
Abstract
In wild mammals, early postnatal growth strongly affects offspring survival and fitness, but little is known about the causes and consequences of variation in prenatal growth. We investigated whether gestational weight gains vary according to materna…
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