Parental care : evolution, mechanisms, and adaptive significance /

Advances in the Study of Behavior presents its first thematic volume, focusing on the physiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying parental care. The book discusses parental care both within and across taxa, with coverage of invertebrates and early vertebrates, fishes, amphibia, reptiles, mamm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rosenblatt, Jay S. (Editor), Snowdon, Charles T. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, �1996.
Series:Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 25.
Subjects:
Parental behavior in animals.
Maternal Behavior
Paternal Behavior
Animal Population Groups > psychology
Comportement parental chez les animaux.
M�eres > Attitudes.
P�eres > Attitudes.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Parental behavior in animals
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Parental care among invertebrates and early vertebrates
  • pt. 2. Endocrine, neural, and behavioral factors governing parental care among mammals and birds
  • pt. 3. Functional, ecological, and adaptive aspects of parental care.

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