Selfish mothers? An empirical test of parent-offspring conflict over extended parental care

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-22

  Paul, Manabi ^a   Majumder, Sreejani Sen ^a   Bhadra, Anindita ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Competition; Parent offspring conflict; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; WEANING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPETITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOG; EATING; FEMALE; HABITAT; INDIA; LATENT PERIOD; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PARENT OFFSPRING CONFLICT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SIBLING RELATION; SUCKLING; WEANING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; COMPETITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING CONFLICT; WEANING;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PARENTS; WEANING;

EID: 84890255308     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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