Relating paternity to paternal care

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1419, 2002, Pages 341-350

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optimality; Parental investment; Relatedness; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037192384     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0931     Document Type: Article

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