Harsh nutritional environment has positive and negative consequences for family living in a burying beetle
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9699
Abstract: Abstract Harsh environmental conditions in form of low food availability for both offspring and parents alike can affect breeding behavior and success. There has been evidence that food scarce environments can induce competition between family… read more here.
Keywords: harsh nutritional; family; food; nutritional environment ... See more keywords
Learning ability is unaffected by isolation rearing in a family-living lizard
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2435-9
Abstract: The social environment during development can affect learning; for example, raising an obligate social mammal in isolation can hinder their learning ability. However, we know little about how the social environment impacts learning in less-studied,… read more here.
Keywords: learning ability; social environment; family living; ability ... See more keywords
Roles of parental smoking and family structure for the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in adolescent smoking.
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DOI: 10.1111/add.16026
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS Among European countries, France is particularly concerned by adolescent tobacco smoking, especially in disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds (SES). We measured the respective contributions of parental smoking and family living arrangement to social disparities… read more here.
Keywords: parental smoking; smoking family; family; socio economic ... See more keywords
Family living sets the stage for cooperative breeding and ecological resilience in birds
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000483
Abstract: Cooperative breeding is an extreme form of cooperation that evolved in a range of lineages, including arthropods, fish, birds, and mammals. Although cooperative breeding in birds is widespread and well-studied, the conditions that favored its… read more here.
Keywords: cooperative breeding; evolution cooperative; family living; breeding ... See more keywords