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Cost of reproduction in a long-lived bird: incubation effort reduces immune function and future reproduction

Life-history theory predicts that increased current reproductive effort should lead to a fitness cost. This cost of reproduction may be observed as reduced survival or future reproduction, and may be caused by temporal suppression of immune function in stressed or hard-working individuals. In birds,...

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Autores principales: Hanssen, Sveinn Are, Hasselquist, Dennis, Folstad, Ivar, Erikstad, Kjell Einar
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1599870/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16024362
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3057
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