Females paired with new and heavy mates reduce intra-clutch differences in resource allocation.
Reproductive investment affects both offspring and parental fitness and influences the evolution of life histories. Females may vary their overall primary reproductive effort in relation to the phenotypic characteristics of their mate. However, the effects of male quality on differential resource al...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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