| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 352 p.) |
| Series |
Monographs in behavior and ecology |
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Monographs in behavior and ecology.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 males in others, and both parents in a few? To what extent is parental care adjusted to variation in its benefits to offspring and its costs to parents? How do parents divide their resources between their sons and daughters? In this book separate chapters examine the evolution of variation in egg and neonate size, of viviparity and other forms of bearing, and of differences in the duration of incubation, gestation, and lactation. The book reviews theoretical and empirical predictions concerning the evolution of parental care and examines the extent to which these are supported by empirical evidence. The author examines the distribution of parental care among offspring, reviews the empirical evidence that parents invest to different extents in their sons and daughters, and discusses the degree to which parents manipulate the sex ratio of their progeny in relation to the availability of resources |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-331) and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| SUBJECT |
Animal 2017 Bildband gnd |
| Subject |
Parental behavior in animals.
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Behavior evolution.
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Behaviour, Animal
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Behavior evolution
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Parental behavior in animals
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Brutpflege
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Eltern
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Evolution
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Tiere
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Broedzorg.
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Comportamento Instintivo Animal.
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Comportement parental chez les animaux.
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Évolution du comportement.
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Animaux -- Moeurs et comportement.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021698792 |
| ISBN |
9780691206981 |
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0691206988 |
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