...Kaitlyn G. Holden; Dawn M. Reding; Neil B. Ford; Anne M. Bronikowski ABSTRACT Early-life experiences can have far-reaching consequences for phenotypes into adulthood. The effect of early-life experiences on fitness, particularly under adverse conditions, is mediated by resource allocation...

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... Foundation award IOS-0719551 and the HB Head Foundation. J.R.A. was supported by the UNLV Office of Research and Graduate Studies. * Present address: Stony Brook University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, BST-9, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8691, USA resource allocation energetics fat...

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... Argiope species after an egg sac was made ( supplementary materialFig. S7 ). The changes in web parameters apparently associated with the molt/intermolt and egg laying cycles may be considered in terms of resource allocation, with relative investments in foraging (the web primarily), growth...