The evolution of parental care /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clutton-Brock, T. H.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991.
Colección:Monographs in behavior and ecology
Materias:
Conducta parental en los animales.
Evolución de la conducta.
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.

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