Competitive motherhood from a comparative perspective

Competitive motherhood from a comparative perspective

Mothers play an important role in helping their children achieve maximal reproductive success. We explore how mothers across species manipulate birth sex ratios favoring the sex that will be best suited to their environments and how maternal competition affects offspring reproductive success in nonh...

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Main Authors: VALENTINE, Katherine A., LI, Norman P., YONG, Jose C.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
Subjects:
reproductive success
Trivers-Willard hypothesis
birth sex ratio
maternal dominance
female status striving
paternal care
allomothers
alloparents
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Psychology and Interaction
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/7
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199376377.013.28
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199376377.013.28

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