TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-fertilization reproductive strategies
AU - Van Dijk, Rene E
AU - Székely, T
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Animals have diverse strategies that improve the success of their offspring after mating (i.e. post-fertilization reproductive strategies); the most common ones are parental care and offspring provisioning. The type, mode and duration of parental care exhibited by males and females depend on social and nonsocial environment, and on genetic and phylogenetic constraints. We overview five rapidly developing areas of parental care research, and conclude that sexual conflict between parents, social interactions and environmental conditions play important roles in determining post-fertilization reproductive strategies.
AB - Animals have diverse strategies that improve the success of their offspring after mating (i.e. post-fertilization reproductive strategies); the most common ones are parental care and offspring provisioning. The type, mode and duration of parental care exhibited by males and females depend on social and nonsocial environment, and on genetic and phylogenetic constraints. We overview five rapidly developing areas of parental care research, and conclude that sexual conflict between parents, social interactions and environmental conditions play important roles in determining post-fertilization reproductive strategies.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0003665
U2 - 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003665
DO - 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003665
M3 - Article
JO - Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
JF - Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
ER -