The optimal clutch size revisited: separating individual quality from the parental survival costs of reproduction
L. A. Winder, M. J. P. Simons, T. Burke
This study uses meta-analysis to show that reproductive effort and survival trade-offs are not consistently supported within species, as quality differences mask costs, and reproduction has negligible costs except at extreme effort levels.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2022Evolutionary Biology