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Parental care in male degus (Octodon degus) is flexible and contingent upon female care
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2021-09-01)
Parents in many animal species provide care to their offspring as a mechanism to enhance their own fitness. In mammals, this behavior is expressed mostly by the females, but also by males of some species. Proximally, rates ...
Socioecological conditions predict degu social instability and provide limited cues to forecast subsequent breeding conditions
(SPRINGER, 2021-05)
Permanent changes in group membership may result in detrimental fitness effects on both group residents and immigrants. Factors associated with this form of social instability are rarely documented. We used a 15-year dataset ...
Socially unstable conditions experienced during development prime female Octodon degus to shape the phenotype of their own offspring
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2021-08)
Because residents and immigrants from group living species may experience fitness costs associated with permanent changes in group membership, we examined the hypothesis that females experiencing socially unstable or ...