Within-brood competition and the optimal partitioning of parental investment

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-427

  Bonabeau, Eric ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b   Theraulaz, Guy ^c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fitness; Growth; Parental investment; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

EID: 0031683607     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286179     Document Type: Article

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