Cross-fostering mismatches parent-offspring behaviors but this does not entail costs to family life

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1019-1028

  Estramil, Natalia ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Müller, Wendt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Maternal effects; Parent offspring conflict; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOOD PROVISIONING; GROWTH RESPONSE; MATERNAL EFFECT; ONTOGENY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84901196975     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1714-y     Document Type: Article

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