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Preferred term

compensatory growth

Definition

[D. Álvarez] Compensatory growth is a phase of unusually rapid growth following a period of growth depression. This response allows animals to achieve the same size-for-age as continuously fed contemporaries...

Broader concept

biological process

Scope note

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Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21312

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 6/18/18

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