Alloparental care in glassfrogs: males care for unrelated clutches only when associated with their own

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 experimentally investigated the existence of allopater...

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Main Authors: Anyelet Valencia-Aguilar, Juan M. Guayasamin, Cynthia P. A. Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80771-7