What are the benefits of parental care? The importance of parental effects on developmental rate

The evolution of parental care is beneficial if it facilitates offspring performance traits that are ultimately tied to offspring fitness. While this may seem self‐evident, the benefits of parental care have received relatively little theoretical exploration. Here, we develop a theoretical model tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecology and evolution 2014-06, Vol.4 (12), p.2330-2351
Hauptverfasser: Klug, Hope, Bonsall, Michael B.
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