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Brood Guarding

Brood Guarding is a parental care strategy characterized by the active protection of offspring from predation, environmental hazards, or conspecific threats, distinguishing it from other brood care behaviors through its primary focus on defense rather than provisioning or thermoregulation.

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BEHAVIORAL DEFENSES AGAINST AVIAN BROOD PARASITISM IN SYMPATRIC AND ALLOPATRIC HOST POPULATIONS

James V. Briskie, Spencer G. Sealy, Keith A. Hobson · Evolution · 1992 · 182 citations

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Fire ant polymorphism: the ergonomics of brood production

Sanford D. Porter, Wälter R. Tschinkel · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1985 · 178 citations

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Brood guarding and the evolution of male parental care in burying beetles

M. P. Scott · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1990 · 164 citations

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Brood size and fitness in Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Jonathan D. Bartlett, C. M. Ashworth · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1988 · 160 citations

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Adaptation of hypopharyngeal gland development to the brood status of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies

Norbert Hrassnigg, Karl Crailsheim · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1998 · 151 citations

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Authors

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  1. MH
    Miles H. A. Keenleyside

    Western University, Canada

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  2. BD
    Brian D. Wisenden

    Minnesota State University Moorhead, United States

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  3. DP
    David P. Philipp

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    3 publications · 212 citations

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  4. MM
    Michael Mikát

    Charles University, Czechia

    2 publications · 56 citations

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    Alberto M. Sabat

    University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

    2 publications · 81 citations

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Institutions

151

  1. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    419 citations

  2. Osaka City University

    Osaka, Japan

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    119 citations

  3. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    470 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    256 citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    283 citations

  6. Minnesota State University Moorhead

    Moorhead, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    244 citations

  7. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    449 citations

  8. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    446 citations

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  1. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    12 publications · 997 citations

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  2. Animal Behaviour

    11 publications · 422 citations

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  3. Apidologie

    9 publications · 476 citations

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  4. Journal of Zoology

    4 publications · 199 citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 4 publications · 107 citations

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