Wade, George N., and Juli E. Jones. Neuroendocrinology of nutritional infertility. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 287: R1277–R1296, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00475.2004.—Natural selection has linked the physiological controls of energy balance and fertility such that reproduction is deferred during lean times, particularly in female mammals. In this way, an energetically costly process ...
