When to care for, abandon, or eat your offspring: The evolution of parental care and filial cannibalism

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 886-901

  Klug, Hope ^a   Bonsall, Michael B ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependent egg survivorship; Filial cannibalism; Infanticide; Parental care; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATURATION; PARENTAL CARE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; FISH; INSECT; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; FISHES; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36749077615     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522936     Document Type: Article

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