Maternal costs in offspring production affect investment rules in joint rearing

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 750-758

  Savage, James L ^a   Russell, Andrew F ^b   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biparental care; cooperative breeding; game theory; incomplete compensation; maternal effects; sealed bid

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAME THEORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REARING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84876011408     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars203     Document Type: Article

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