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Condition-Dependent Effects of Mating on Longevity and Fecundity of Female Medflies: The Interplay between Nutrition and Age of Mating
(2013)Background: In various species mating exerts direct and indirect effects on female demographic traits ranging from life span shortening to behavioural shifts. A wealth of data regarding effects of nutrition on longevity ... -
Immunomodulatory effects of dietary protein during Nippostrongylus brasiliensis re-infection in lactating rats
(2009)Periparturient relaxation of immunity (PPRI) to secondary infection with nematodes is believed to have a nutritional basis due to differential partitioning of scarce nutrient resources, particularly protein, to reproductive ... -
Management of protein intake in the fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus
(2011)This work tested if carbohydrates and proteins ingestion is regulated in the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus, to optimize survival and reproduction. Adult food treatments were established by providing sugar ... -
Ovarian allometry and the use of the gonosomatic index: a case study in the Mediterranean sardine, Sardina pilchardus
(2004)The gonosomatic or gonadosomatic index [GSI =( ovary weight/fish weight) x 100] has been widely used in. sheries science and experimental reproductive studies as a simple, low-cost measure of reproductive condition. However, ...