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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"offspring care"”.
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Social organization during mating, but not offspring care, influences the reproductive success of male degus, Octodon degus
… during the mating season (autumn-winter) but not offspring care (spring). Our study highlights the importance of social organization as a core component of a social system when studying male reproductive success.
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Causes and consequences of inbreeding in the banded mongoose
… fitness and contributions to cooperative care. Finally I used piecewise structural equation modelling to investigate how changes in social variables influence individual breeding behaviour and ultimately cause inbreeding. I found that incest is common in the banded mongoose despite severe …
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How do parents respond to changing ecological and social environments: insights from a coral reef fish with biparental care
… that clownfish exhibit plasticity in parental care, and that there is significant among individual variation, i.e., personality, in parenting strategies. Second, I tested how plasticity affects life history strategies in the field. I measured habitat, reproductive, and parental traits in a …
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Do females counter against costly males in the degu, Octodon degus?
… breeders, social support may promote communal offspring care, improving the number of offspring weaned and survival of offspring. We studied the common degu (Octodon degus), a plurally breeding rodent endemic to Chile, to evaluate (i) whether males negatively influence female reproduction, (ii) …
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Extraterritorial prospecting and territory defence in cooperatively breeding meerkats
… of weight gain and cooperative contributions to offspring care. Finally, in Chapter 6, the experimental presentation of scent cues reveals that meerkats discriminate between resident and extra-group male scent cues, and that resident dominant males exhibit stronger responses to indirect evidence …
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Characterizing maternal and alloparental care in wild killer whales
… humans, invest heavily in extended and extensive care for offspring. In many species, this care is not only provided by parents, but also by other group members: termed alloparental care or behavior. Alloparental care can be critical for social development, reproductive success, and ultimately, …