Evolution of parental care driven by mutual reinforcement of parental food provisioning and sibling competition

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Gardner, Andy ^a   Smiseth, Per T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Environmental conditions; Kin selection; Nest site selection; Parent offspring interactions; Parental feeding

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROWTH RATE; KIN SELECTION; NEST SITE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650469193     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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