Alloparental care in glassfrogs: males care for unrelated clutches only when associated with their own
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80771-7
Abstract: Parental care is costly, thus theory predicts that parents should avoid caring for unrelated offspring. However, alloparenting has been reported in many taxa because it may increase the caregiver mating success or offspring survival. We… read more here.
Keywords: attending males; alloparental care; unrelated clutches; unrelated offspring ... See more keywords