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Trait-dependent associations between early- and late-life reproduction in a wild mammal.
Biology letters - 1 Jul 2023
McKenna-Ell Chris, Ravindran Sanjana, Pilkington Jill G, Pemberton Josephine M, Nussey Daniel H, Froy Hannah
Abstract excerpt
Early- versus late-life trade-offs are a central prediction of life-history theory that are expected to shape the evolution of ageing. While ageing is widely observed in wild vertebrates, evidence that early-late trade-offs influence ageing rates remains limited. Vertebrate reproduction is a complex, multi-stage process, yet few studies have examined how different aspects of early-life reproductive allocation...
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