Sex differences in life history drive evolutionary transitions among maternal, paternal, and bi-parental care

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-806

  Klug, Hope ^a,b   Bonsall, Michael B ^c   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Invasion analysis; Life history; Maternal care; Parental care; Paternal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885481136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.494     Document Type: Article

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