Nonapeptides mediate trade-offs in parental care strategy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104717
Abstract: Parental care represents a suite of distinct behaviors performed by parents to maximize fitness. Dynamic shifts in parental care behaviors, such as between nest defense and direct provisioning of the offspring, are required in response… read more here.
Keywords: parental care; egg care; strategy; care ... See more keywords
First field evidence for alloparental egg care in cooperatively breeding fish
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DOI: 10.1111/eth.12838
Abstract: Helping behaviour in cooperative breeders has been intensively studied in many animal taxa, including arthropods, birds and mammals. In these highly social systems, helpers typically engage in brood care and the protection of dependent young.… read more here.
Keywords: care; breeding fish; cooperatively breeding; egg care ... See more keywords