Do maternal allocations towards offspring quality and quantity ameliorate the effects of predators on offspring survival?
Todd A. Ugine,
Jessie Mutz,
Nora Underwood
et al.
Abstract:Reproductive allocation is often balanced between the quantity and quality of offspring. Ecological stresses, like exposure to predators, can cause organisms to shift their allocations along this continuum. While the consequences of such plastic shifts for offspring performance are often untested, they are critical to understanding the potential long‐term benefits of manipulating predation risk as an agricultural pest management technique. Predation risk induces reductions in egg production and increases in nu… Show more
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