The evolution of parental care /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clutton-Brock, T. H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991.
Series:Monographs in behavior and ecology.
Subjects:
Animal > 2017 > Bildband
Parental behavior in animals.
Behavior evolution.
Behaviour, Animal
Comportement parental chez les animaux.
Évolution du comportement.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Behavior evolution
Parental behavior in animals
Brutpflege
Eltern
Evolution
Tiere
Broedzorg.
Comportamento Instintivo Animal.
Animaux > Moeurs et comportement.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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