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A model of mate desertion
- Abstract:
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Using a very simple model, in which the reproductive strategy of an individual is considered to be completely specified by the time he cares for each brood, we find the evolutionarily stable strategies, and characterize them in terms of the parental abilities of males and females. We predict inter alia that: (1) If at any stage the sexes are complementary, either by specialization or by the need for constant attendance with the young, so that two parents are much better than either parent alo...
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- Journal:
- Animal Behaviour
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- PART 3
- Pages:
- 645-652
- Publication date:
- 1978-01-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0003-3472
- Source identifiers:
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386606
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:386606
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- Local pid:
- pubs:386606
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright date:
- 1978
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