Inferring condition in wild mammals: body condition indices confer no benefit over measuring body mass across ecological contexts
A. E. Wishart, A. L. Guerrero-Chacon, R. Smith, D. M. Hawkshaw, A. G. McAdam, B. Dantzer, S. Boutin, J. E. Lane
The paper compares body condition indices (BCI) and body mass in predicting fat and lean mass in three mammal species, finding BCI no better than body mass alone.
bioRxiv · Jan 31, 2023Physiology