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parental desertion model

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

Theoretical framework predicting when parents will abandon offspring based on costs and benefits of continued care versus seeking additional mating opportunities

Related Terms (1)

desertion model

Publications (1)

student_paper

Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator

2009referenced

Related Concepts (5)

lifetime reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

fitness consequences

theory1 shared paper

maternal care

process1 shared paper

sperm storage

phenomenon1 shared paper

spermatheca

measurement1 shared paper