Parent-offspring conflict and motivational control of brooding in an amphipod (Crustacea)

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-504

  Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Maternal care; Motivational control; Parent offspring conflict

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BROOD REARING; EMBRYO; HONEST SIGNALING; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRANGONYX PSEUDOGRACILIS; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 33845584737     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0512     Document Type: Article

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