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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Váldodahkki: Clutton-Brock, T. H.
Materiálatiipa: Licensed eBooks
Giella:eaŋgalasgiella
Almmustuhtton: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c1991.
Ráidu:Monographs in behavior and ecology.
Liŋkkat:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvs32ssj
Sisdoallologahallan:
  • 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.