When it is costly to have a caring mother: Food limitation erases the benefits of parental care in earwigs

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-550

  Meunier, Joël ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Family life; Food restriction

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SURVIVAL;

DERMAPTERA; FORFICULA AURICULARIA;

EID: 84864435294     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0151     Document Type: Article

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