Parent–offspring conflict and transition to crèche phase in Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Morandini, Virginia, Viñuela, Javier, Belliure, Josabel, Ferrer, Miguel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; Deception Island; Dependence period; Guard to creche transition; Parental investment; Pygoscelis antarctica; Antarc*; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/249444; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02930-4

Parent–offspring conflict theory predicts that offspring seek to prolong the parental care period, while parents strive to shorten it as much as possible. Transition to the crèche phase in penguins involves changes in the dynamic of parental investment in chicks, and thus may be modulated by interes...