... protein synthesis. Although both viewpoints recognise the trade-offs in energy allocation and the dynamic nature of energy distribution among physiological processes, we argue that equating the SDA with ‘the energy cost of digestion’ oversimplifies the complexities of energy use in relation to the SDA...

... growth to decelerate. Ongoing theories argue that adult growth slows because either the gills fail to supply the body with surplus oxygen needed for continued somatic gain (i.e. oxygen limited), or sexual maturation induces a switch in energy allocation towards reproduction and away from growth (i.e...

...: The gastrulation period represents a critical transition from inherited (maternal) defenses to active homeostatic regulation, which facilitates enhanced resilience of later stages to environmental factors. Ocean acidification Early-life history Ion regulation Energy allocation Critical period...

... metabolic rate, SMR) and the energy budget (energy allocation to growth) are affected by climatic constraints in three populations of the land snail Cornu aspersum , distributed across a latitudinal gradient of 1300 km in Chile. Our results did not support the existence of a latitudinal compensation...

...Lai-Gao Luo; Guo-Hua Ding; Xiang Ji SUMMARY We used the northern grass lizard Takydromus septentrionalis as a model animal to examine the energy allocation strategy and whether body temperature can affect maternal reproductive traits in lizards. We maintained adult females collected from the field...

... to mothers rearing early versus late litters in the year. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 18 11 2008 2009 energy allocation parental investment energetic cost reproduction reproductive effort seasonal shift allocation strategy fat depletion...