Habitat structure influences parent-offspring association in a social lizard

Parental care emerges as a result of an increase in the extent of interaction between parents and their offspring. These interactions can provide the foundation for the evolution of a range of complex parental behaviors. Therefore, fundamental to understanding the evolution of parental care is an un...

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Main Authors: Thomas Botterill-James, Ben Halliwell, Emily Cooper-Scott, Tobias Uller, Erik Wapstra, Geoffrey M While
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00096/full