A fixed agreement—consequences of brood size manipulation on alternation in blue tits

Recent studies have proposed that conditional cooperation may resolve sexual conflict over the amount of care provided by each parent. Such conditional cooperation may allow parents to equalize their investment by alternating their provisioning visits. This alternated pattern of male and female visi...

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Main Authors: Maaike Griffioen, Wendt Müller, Arne Iserbyt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6826.pdf