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Sibling rivalry: training effects, emergence of dominance and incomplete control

Within-brood or -litter dominance provides fitness-related benefits if dominant siblings selfishly skew access to food provided by parents in their favour. Models of facultative siblicide assume that dominants exert complete control over their subordinate sibling's access to food and that contr...

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Main Authors: Benhaiem, Sarah, Hofer, Heribert, Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Brunner, Edgar, East, Marion L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415906/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22719032
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0925
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