Parental care is a trait that shows tremendous diversity both within and across different
animal taxa, and is an important topic in evolutionary biology and behavioural ecology …

Understanding parental care behaviour has remained a core research area in evolutionary
behavioural ecology. Why the interest with parental behaviour? Many human cultures have …

Highlights•The origin of care is not the same as its subsequent evolution and diversification.•
Biparental care primarily evolves when males join caring females.•Male (biparental) care …

The tremendous diversity of social behaviour among the invertebrates is an asset and a
challenge. There is richness in both the number of phylogenetic lineages that have evolved …

Explaining the evolution of male care has proved difficult. Recent theory predicts that female
promiscuity and sexual selection on males inherently disfavour male care. In sharp contrast …

Advances in the Study of Behavior presents its first thematic volume, focusing on the
physiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying parental care. The book discusses …

In order to explain the huge variation in parental behaviour, evolutionary biologists have
traditionally used a cost–benefit approach, which enables them to analyse behavioural traits …

It is generally believed that level of paternity (the proportion of zygotes in a brood that were
fertilized by the male providing parental care) has an important role in the evolution of …

Patterns of parental care are strikingly diverse in nature, and parental care is thought to have
evolved repeatedly multiple times. Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the most …

In 1871, Darwin noted that parental care is likely the foundation of social behaviour, yet
remarkably little was known about how and why care evolved (Darwin 1871). Since this …