somatic effort

Somatic effort refers to the total investments of an organism in its own development, differentiation, and maintenance which consequently increases its reproductive potential.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ktk-49WsoscC&dq=%22Somatic+effort%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA293 Page 293], Evolution and Literary Theory, By Joseph Carroll, University of Missouri Press, 1995

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Category:Behavioral ecology

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