8. Parental Care in Birds and Mammals

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Drawings at Chapter Openings xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. Parental Care and Competition for Mates 1
6. 2. Forms of Parental Care 13
7. 3. The Costs of Breeding 31
8. 4. Propagule Size 49
9. 5. Viviparity 71
10. 6. Incubation, Gestation, and Lactation 85
11. 7. Parental Care in Ectotherms 101
12. 8. Parental Care in Birds and Mammals 131
13. 9. Parental Tactics 1: Variation in Care in Relation to Benefits 155
14. 10. Parental Tactics 2: Variation in Care in Relation to Costs 175
15. 11. Parent-Offspring Conflict 193
16. 12. Parental Investment in Sons and Daughters 209
17. 13. Sex Ratios and Differential Juvenile Mortality 229
18. 14. Conclusions 255
19. References 267
20. Indexes 333