Breeding success and traits of equal and unequal pairs of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) on Phillip Island during 2001-2008, supplement to: Saraux, Claire; Chiaradia, André; Le Maho, Yvon; Ropert-Coudert, Yan (2011): Everybody needs somebody: unequal parental effort in little penguins. Behavioral Ecology, 22(4), 837-845

• Main Authors: Saraux, Claire, Chiaradia, André, Le Maho, Yvon, Ropert-Coudert, Yan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2011
• Subjects: Observation; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Yvon; International Polar Year; IPY
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.834281; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.834281

According to life-history theory, individuals optimize their decisions in order to maximize their fitness. This raises a conflict between parents, which need to cooperate to ensure the propagation of their genes but at the same time need to minimize the associated costs. Trading-off between benefits...