A theoretical analysis of the energetic costs and consequences of parental care decisions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1419, 2002, Pages 331-340

  Webb, James N ^a   Székely, Tamás ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a   McNamara, John M ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desertion; Dynamic optimization; Parental care

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037192378     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0934     Document Type: Article

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