Plover parents care more for young of the opposite sex

Daniel Lees, Craig D H Sherman, Kristal Kostoglou, Laura X L Tan, Grainne S Maguire, Peter Dann and Michael A Weston

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 4, 933-938

Abstract: We examine the effect of brood sex-ratio on parental care of a ground-nesting shorebird. Females care most for the young during the first half of brood-rearing, steadily reducing care. Males contributed little care early during brood-rearing, increasing care as young approach fledging. Brood sex-ratio influenced the division of care; males care more for their daughters, females care more for their sons.

Keywords: ground-nesting; parental care; precocial; radio-tracking; sex-ratio; survival (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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