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Egg Guarding Behavior

Egg Guarding Behavior is a maternal behavior in which a female parent actively remains in proximity to and protects her eggs from predators, environmental hazards, or conspecific interference, thereby enhancing offspring survival prior to hatching.

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2017–2026

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120

Parent Cannibalism of Offspring and Egg Raiding as a Courtship Strategy

Sievert Rohwer · The American Naturalist · 1978 · 361 citations

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Egg-laying and foam-beating in Leptodactylus fuscus (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Júlio C. de Oliveira Filho, Hugo Cardoso de Moura Costa, Úrsula Márcia Lobo Braga · Biota Neopropica/Biota Neotropica · 2005 · 282 citations · Full text

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Parental investment in nest defence by stonechats (Saxicola torquata)

P. Greig-Smith · Animal Behaviour · 1980 · 253 citations

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Egg Shell Removal By the Black-Headed Gull, Larus Ridibundus L.; a Behaviour Component of Camouflage

Jennie Houghton, Francisca Feekes, G. J. Broekhuysen et al. · Behaviour · 1962 · 243 citations

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Maternal testosterone in tree swallow eggs varies with female aggression

Linda A. Whittingham, Hubert Schwabl · Animal Behaviour · 2002 · 163 citations

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Authors

278

  1. GM
    Glauco Machado

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    5 publications · 175 citations

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  2. SN
    Shintaro Nomakuchi

    Saga University, Japan

    4 publications · 151 citations

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  3. WH
    Wen‐San Huang

    National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan

    3 publications · 58 citations

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  4. MH
    Mantaro Hironaka

    Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  5. HM
    Hiromi Mukai

    Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan

    2 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

158

  1. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

    Uberlândia, Brazil

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    236 citations

  3. Saga University

    Saga, Japan

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    488 citations

  4. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    432 citations

  5. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    132 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    134 citations

  8. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Campinas, Brazil

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    395 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    9 publications · 730 citations

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  2. Behavioral Ecology

    9 publications · 308 citations

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  3. Ethology

    7 publications · 234 citations

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  4. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    7 publications · 258 citations

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  5. Behaviour

    6 publications · 423 citations

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