Parental fish change their cannibalistic behaviour in response to the cost-to-benefit ratio of parental care
Partial filial cannibalism, the act of cannibalizing some offspring, has been explained as a response to the high energetic cost of care. I tested this hypothesis by manipulating the cost-to-benefit ratio of care in the scissortail sergeant, Abudefduf sexfasciatus, a tropical damselfish with male...
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Elsevier Ltd.
2004
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