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
Drivers of alloparental provisioning of fledglings in a colonially breeding bird
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/araa137
Abstract: 20 Reproduction is costly. Despite this, evidence suggests that parents sometimes feed unrelated 21 offspring. Several hypotheses could explain this puzzling phenomenon. Adults could feed 22 unrelated offspring that are (1) of their close social… read more here.
Keywords: fledglings colonially; alloparental provisioning; provisioning fledglings; drivers alloparental ... See more keywords