Parental investment and family dynamics: Interactions between theory and empirical tests

Population Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-241

  Royle, Nick J ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^b   Parker, Geoff A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parent offspring conflict; Scramble; Sexual conflict; Sibling conflict; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIGNALING;

CYDNIDAE;

EID: 13244264991     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0196-6     Document Type: Review

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