Strategic adjustment of parental care: life-history trade-offs and the role of glucocorticoids
Çağlar Akçay, Ádám Z. Lendvai, Mark Stanback, Mark Hausmann, Ignacio T. Moore, Fran Bonier
This study examines how tree swallow females adjust parental care in response to offspring need and brood value, and investigates the role of glucocorticoids in these adjustments.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2016Animal Behavior & Cognition