Parental care, cost of reproduction and reproductive skew: A general costly young model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Shen, Sheng Feng ^a,b,c   Kern Reeve, H ^b   Vehrencamp, Sandra L ^b,c  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Parental investment; Reproductive skew; Social conflict

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF REPRODUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARENTING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959535347     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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