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SUBMITTER: Yoccoz NG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1691067 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoccoz Nigel G NG Mysterud Atle A Langvatn Rolf R Stenseth Nils Chr NC
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20020801 1500
Reproductive effort in female ungulates originates from gestation and lactation and has been studied extensively; however, no comparable studies of reproductive effort in males (due to fighting for access to mates) have, to our knowledge, previously been reported. Here, we report on weight loss of male red deer during the annual mating season--a direct measure of male reproductive effort (or somatic reproductive costs). The 'terminal investment' hypothesis predicts that reproductive effort shoul ...[more]