Conflict between parents over care

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Székely, Tamás ^b   McNamara, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; THEORY;

EID: 11444266950     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.10.008     Document Type: Review

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