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Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings? Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide? Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers? A Natural History of Families concisely examines what behavioral ecologists have discovered about family dynamics and what the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forbes, Scott, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Reproduction.
Reproduction > Social aspects.
Families.
Parental behavior in animals.
Nuclear families.
Reproduction > Aspect social.
Familles.
Comportement parental chez les animaux.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Conflict Resolution.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Family Relationships.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Nuclear families
Families
Parental behavior in animals
Reproduction
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Blame parents
  • The optimistic parent
  • Why parents play favorites
  • How parents play favorites
  • Family conflict
  • Selfishness unconstrained
  • Screening for offspring quality
  • Why twins?
  • Fatal sibling rivalry
  • Family harmony
  • Cannibalism and infanticide
  • Brave new worlds
  • Debunking the family myth.

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