Temporal changes in Weddell seal dive behavior over winter: Are females increasing foraging effort to support gestation?
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4643
Abstract: Abstract In capital‐breeding marine mammals, prey acquisition during the foraging trip coinciding with gestation must provide energy to meet the immediate needs of the growing fetus and also a store to meet the subsequent demands… read more here.
Keywords: winter; gestation; foraging effort; reproductive females ... See more keywords
Methodological considerations for assessing immune defense in reproductive females.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icaa098
Abstract: One of the key foci of ecoimmunology is understanding the physiological interactions between reproduction and immune defense. To assess an immune challenge, investigators typically measure an immune response at a predetermined time point that was… read more here.
Keywords: response; immune defense; reproductive females; methodological considerations ... See more keywords