ArticleBiology letters2023
Carrying eggs uphill: are costs of reproduction stronger on steeper slopes?
Article in Biology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Carrying eggs uphill: are costs of reproduction stronger on steeper slopes?Biology letters · 2023Article
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Abstract
Locomotor impairment during pregnancy is a well-documented cost of reproduction, but most empirical studies have not incorporated ecological complexity, such as locomotion on sloping inclines rather than horizontal surfaces. Biomechanical factors suggest that carrying a heavy burden-including shifts in the body's centre of mass-may impair locomotor ability even more when an animal is running uphill. If so, then measuring costs of reproduction on horizontal racetracks may underestimate these costs in nature for arboreal species. To evaluate this prediction, we measured the pregnancy-induced reduction in speed for jacky dragons (
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