Intraspecific Variation in Parental Care May Reflect Variation in Parental Quality

ABSTRACT The existence of life‐history trade‐offs is a fundamental assumption of evolutionary biology and behavioural ecology, yet empirical studies have found mixed evidence for this. Such trade‐offs are expected when individuals vary in how they allocate their limited resource budgets between diff...

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Published in:	Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Natalie Pilakouta, Elizabeth J. H. Hanlon, Per T. Smiseth
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2024-11-01
Subjects:	biparental care burying beetle life history Nicrophorus vespilloides reproductive investment resource acquisition
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70578