Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by Subject "Offspring"

Browsing Research Articles (Mammal Research Institute) by Subject "Offspring"

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  • An intergenerational androgenic mechanism of female intrasexual competition in the cooperatively breeding meerkat 
    Drea, Christine M.; Davies, Charli S.; Greene, Lydia K.; Mitchell, Jessica; Blondel, Dimitri V.; Shearer, Caroline L.; Feldblum, Joseph T.; Dimac-Stohl, Kristin A.; Smyth-Kabay, Kendra N.; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Nature Publishing Group, 2021-12-17)
    Female intrasexual competition can be intense in cooperatively breeding species, with some dominant breeders (matriarchs) limiting reproduction in subordinates via aggression, eviction or infanticide. In males, such ...
  • Prevalence of allosuckling behaviour in Subantarctic fur seal pups 
    De Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Tosh, Cheryl A.; Oosthuizen, Wessel Christiaan; Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf; Mufanadzo, N. Thomas; Phalanndwa, Mashudu V.; Postma, Martin; Wege, Mia; Van der Merwe, Derek S.; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt (Elsevier, 2010-01)
    Non-offspring maternal care should be rare due to the high costs of raising offspring, particularly lactation, but nonetheless occurs in a variety of taxa. Misguided parental care, associated with recognition errors and/or ...
  • A Trivers-Willard effect in contemporary humans : male-biased sex ratios among billionaires 
    Cameron, Elissa Z.; Dalerum, Fredrik (Public Library of Science, 2009-01)
    BACKGROUND: Natural selection should favour the ability of mothers to adjust the sex ratio of offspring in relation to the offspring’s potential reproductive success. In polygynous species, mothers in good condition would ...