Should young ever be better off with one parent than with two?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-310

  McNamara, John M ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Barta, Zoltán ^a,b   Osorno, José Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Game theory; Mate removal; Negotiation; Parental effort

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

EID: 0038322986     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.301     Document Type: Article

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