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The evolution of parental care /
Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. It is taxonomically widespread and is central to the maintenance of biodiversity through its close association with other phenomena such as sexual selection, life-history evolution, sex allocation, socia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is parental care? / Per T. Smiseth, Mathias Kölliker, and Nick J. Royle
- Theoretical foundations of parental care / Hope Klug, Suzanne H. Alonzo, and Michael B. Bonsall
- Benefits and costs of parental care / Carlos Alonso-Alvarez and Alberto Velando
- Patterns of parental care in vertebrates / Sigal Balshine
- Patterns of parental care in invertebrates / Stephen T. Trumbo
- Sex differences in parental care / Hanna Kokko and Michael D. Jennions
- Parent-offspring conflict / Rebecca M. Kilner and Camilla A. Hinde
- Sibling competition and cooperation over parental care / Alexandre Roulin and Amélie N. Driess
- Sexual conflict / C.M. Lessells
- Sex allocation / Jan Komdeur
- Paternity, maternity, and parental care / Suzanne H. Alonzo and Hope Klug
- Cooperative breeding systems / Michael A. Cant
- Brood parasitism / Claire N. Spottiswoode, Rebecca M. Kilner, and Nicholas B. Davies
- Parental effects in development and evolution / Tobias Uller
- The quantitative genetic theory of parental effects / Jarrod Hadfield
- Parent-offspring co-adaptation / Mathias Kölliker, Nick J. Royle, and Per T. Smiseth
- Genetics and epigenetics of parental care / Frances A. Champagne and James P. Curley
- The evolution of parental care : summary, conclusions, and implications / Nick J. Royle, Per T. Smiseth, and Mathias Kölliker.