The energetic needs of females increase markedly around the birth of offspring. Large herbivore females thus track food resources, the availability of which varies in time and space. A multispecies dataset of GPS locations revealed that female movement to reach food is hampered by the adaptive antipredator behaviour of their offspring.

中文翻译：

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后代的运动能力影响大型食草动物的母体资源获取


雌性的精力需求在后代出生前后显着增加。因此，大型食草动物雌性会追踪食物资源，这些资源的可用性随时间和空间而变化。GPS 位置的多物种数据集显示，雌性获取食物的运动受到其后代适应性反捕食行为的阻碍。