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Thermal conditions during early life influence seasonal maternal strategies in the three-spined stickleback.
BMC ecology - 10 Nov 2017
Kim Sin-Yeon, Metcalfe Neil B, da Silva Alberto, Velando Alberto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Conditions experienced by a female during early life may affect her reproductive strategies and maternal investment later in life. This effect of early environmental conditions is a potentially important mechanism by which animals can compensate for the negative impacts of climate change. In this study, we experimentally tested whether three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) change their...
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