Evolutionary perspective on the interplay between family life, and parent and offspring personality

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 787-796

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Dreiss, Amélie N ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SIBLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77958546417     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01793.x     Document Type: Review

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