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doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12488.
Epub 2016 Jan 21.
Do animals exercise to keep fit?
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- DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12488
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Do animals exercise to keep fit?
J Anim Ecol.
2016 May.
Abstract
We humans know we are not physically fit unless we do extra, voluntary exercise. Yet we have never asked whether the same is true for animals. If it is, then given that energy will be spent keeping fit this raises important issues about new energetic trade-offs, which have never been considered.
Keywords: athletic capacity; energetics trade-off; keeping fit; optimality; reproductive capacity.
© 2016 The Author. Journal of Animal Ecology © 2016 British Ecological Society.
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