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  • Body condition at weaning affects the duration of the postweaning fast in gray seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) 

    Noren, Shawn R., Daryl J. Boness, Sara J. Iverson, Jim McMillan, et al. 2008. "Body condition at weaning affects the duration of the postweaning fast in gray seal pups (Halichoerus grypus)." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(3): 269-277. Copyright © 2008 The University of Chicago Press.
    Gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) undergo a terrestrial postweaning fast (PWF) that depletes energy reserves acquired during the suckling interval. Plasticity in PWF duration may ensure that pups of variable body condition ...