TY - JOUR
AU - Dall, Sasha R.X.
AB - Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arq156 Advance Access publication 5 October 2010 Forum: Ideas size (Schwagmeyer and Mock 2003). The process by which Behavioral consistency and the resolution of selection maintains biparental care, despite underlying con- sexual conflict over parental investment flicts over the provision of costly care, is therefore determined by how parents respond to changes in each other’s effort. There is considerable empirical evidence for both flexibility Nick J. Royle, Wiebke Schuett, and Sasha R.X. Dall of effort (negotiation) and inflexibility (sealed bids) (re- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Biosciences, College of Life viewed in Sanz et al. 2000; Schwagmeyer and Mock 2003; and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Harrison et al. 2009). Why is there such variation in the flex- Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK ibility of provisioning behavior in species with biparental care? The key to answering this question, and therefore how Behavioral plasticity or flexibility is expected to be a key deter- sexual conflict is resolved, may depend on the reliability of minant of reproductive success because natural selection indicators of male parental ability and/or quality (and, con- should favor individuals that adjust their investment in repro- versely, female parental ability and/or quality). If offspring 
TI - Behavioral consistency and the resolution of sexual conflict over parental investment
JF - Behavioral Ecology
DO - 10.1093/beheco/arq156
DA - 2010-10-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/behavioral-consistency-and-the-resolution-of-sexual-conflict-over-hHhS5nfi80
SP - 1125
EP - 1130
VL - 21
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
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