The costs of parental care: A meta-analysis of the trade-off between parental effort and survival in birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1911-1917

  Santos, Eduardo S A ^a   Nakagawa, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Life history; Meta regression; Parent offspring conflict; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; META-ANALYSIS; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUTCH SIZE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CLUTCH SIZE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AVES;

EID: 84865183748     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02569.x     Document Type: Article

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