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SUBMITTER: Karl I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3640073 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karl Isabell I Stoks Robby R Bauerfeind Stephanie S SS Dierks Anneke A Franke Kristin K Fischer Klaus K
PloS one 20130430 4
Although fast growth seems to be generally favored by natural selection, growth rates are rarely maximized in nature. Consequently, fast growth is predicted to carry costs resulting in intrinsic trade-offs. Disentangling such trade-offs is of great ecological importance in order to fully understand the prospects and limitations of growth rate variation. A recent study provided evidence for a hitherto unknown cost of fast growth, namely reduced cold stress resistance. Such relationships could be ...[more]