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Parental Defense

Parental Defense is a scholarly framework within the domain of defense behavior that specifically characterizes protective actions employed by caregivers to safeguard offspring from threats, distinguished by its focus on intergenerational risk mitigation and the behavioral mechanisms evolved to enhance progeny survival.

132

Publications

7.2K

Citations

305

Authors

158

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

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Publications

132

Promiscuous females protect their offspring

Jerry O. Wolff, David W. Macdonald · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2004 · 369 citations

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Parental defence of offspring: A model and an example

Malte Andersson, Christer Wiklund, Helen Rundgren · Animal Behaviour · 1980 · 321 citations

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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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The distribution of conspecific nest parasitism in birds

Frank C. Rohwer, Scott Freeman · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1989 · 243 citations

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Models of parent-offspring conflict. IV. Suppression: Evolutionary retaliation by the parent

George A. Parker, M. R. Macnair · Animal Behaviour · 1979 · 219 citations

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Authors

305

  1. SP
    Stefano Parmigiani

    University of Parma, Italy

    3 publications · 78 citations

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  2. EC
    Eberhard Curio

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    3 publications · 185 citations

    3

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  3. PF
    Paul F. Brain

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 95 citations

    3

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  4. JM
    Jennifer M. Jenkins

    University of Toronto, Canada

    3 publications · 380 citations

    3

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  5. AS
    Akihito Suzuki

    Yamagata University, Japan

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

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Institutions

158

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    353 citations

  2. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    623 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    144 citations

  4. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    203 citations

  5. University of Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    78 citations

  6. University of Parma

    Parma, Italy

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    205 citations

  7. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    67 citations

  8. Miami University

    Oxford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    95 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    8 publications · 479 citations

    8

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  3. The Auk

    5 publications · 121 citations

    5

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  4. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    5 publications · 469 citations

    5

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  5. Behavioral Ecology

    4 publications · 256 citations

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