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The evolution of parental care /

Synthesizing studies of parental care in a wide variety of animals, this book is the first attempt to provide general answers to the following important questions: Why does the extent of parental care vary so widely between species? Why do only females care for eggs and young in some animals, only m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clutton-Brock, T. H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991.
Colección:Monographs in behavior and ecology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Parental care and competition for mates
  • Forms of parental care
  • The costs of breeding
  • Propagule size
  • Viviparity
  • Incubation, gestation, and lactation
  • Parental care in ectotherms
  • Parental care in birds and mammals
  • Parental tactics 1: Variation in care in relation to benefits
  • Parental tactics 2: Variation in care in relation to costs
  • Parent-offspring conflict
  • Parental investment in sons and daughters
  • Sex ratios and differential juvenile mortality
  • Conclusions.