ArticleBiology open2012
Standard metabolic rate is associated with gestation duration, but not clutch size, in speckled cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea.
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- Meta-analysis reveals that resting metabolic rate is not consistently related to fitness and performance in animals.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2021Pooled it
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- Temperature and nutrition do not interact to shape the evolution of metabolic rate.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
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- Dietary choice for a balanced nutrient intake increases the mean and reduces the variance in the reproductive performance of male and female cockroaches.Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
- Metabolic rate covaries with fitness and the pace of the life history in the field.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2016Article
- Performance correlates of resting metabolic rate in garden skinks Lampropholis delicata.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2013Article
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Abstract
Metabolic rate varies significantly between individuals, and these differences persist even when the wide range of biotic and abiotic factors that influence metabolism are accounted for. It is important to understand the life history implications of variation in metabolic rate, but they remain poorly characterised despite a growing body of work examining relationships between metabolism and a range of traits. In the present study we used laboratory-bred families (one sire to three dams) of Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier) (speckled cockroaches) to examine the relationship between standard metabolic rate (SMR) and reproductive performance (number of offspring and gestation duration). We show that SMR is negatively associated with female gestation duration. Age at mating is negatively associated with gestation duration for females, and mass is negatively associated with the average gestation duration of the females a male was mated with. In addition to the results in the current literature, the results from the present study suggest that the association between metabolism and life history is more complex than simple relationships between metabolism and various fitness traits. Future work should consider longitudinal, ontogenetic as well as selective and quantitative genetic breeding approaches to fully examine the associations between metabolism and fitness.
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