Selfish mothers indeed! Resource-dependent conflict over extended parental care in free-ranging dogs

Selfish mothers indeed! Resource-dependent conflict over extended parental care in free-ranging dogs

Parent–offspring conflict (POC) theory provides an interesting premise for understanding social dynamics in facultatively social species. In free-ranging dogs, mothers increase conflict over extended parental care with their pups beyond the weaning stage. In this study, we investigated whether resou...

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Main Authors: Manabi Paul, Sreejani Sen Majumder, Anjan K. Nandi, Anindita Bhadra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
parent–offspring conflict
free-ranging dogs
lifetime reproductive success
domestication
selfish
altruistic
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.150580

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