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Animal Behavior Parental Care
Parental Care
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
03/27/2010

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Parental Care
Definition
Any form of parental behavior that appears likely to increase the fitness of a parent's offspring.
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Parental Investment
Definition
Any form of parental behavior that increases an individual offspring's fitness at the cost of the parent's ability to invest in future offspring
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Types of Parental Care (5)
Definition
Care before birth
Investment in gametes
Care of eggs
Provisioning/protecting young
Care following nutritional independence
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Costs of Parental Care
Definition
Reduced future survival
Reduced mating opportunities
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Alternative Hypothesis for Providing Financial Care
Definition
Confidence of Paternity
Order of gamete Release
Association
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Inclusive Fitness Theory
Definition
Inclusive Fitness = Individual fitness + indirect fitness
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Concord Fallacy
Definition
Past investment should not influence future investment - only prospects of future success.
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