Energetic limits: Defining the bounds and trade-offs of successful energy management in a capital breeder

Courtney R. Shuert, Lewis Halsey, Patrick P. Pomeroy, Sean D. Twiss

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Abstract

We investigate whether energy management models provide insights into the breeding strategy of phocid seals. Not only do we expect lactating seals to display energy compensation because of their breeding strategy of high energy transfer while fasting, but we anticipate that mothers exhibiting a lack of energy compensation are less likely to rear offspring successfully.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
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Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2020

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