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Cooperative breeders are species in which individuals beyond a pair assist in the production of young in a single brood or litter. Although relatively rare, cooperative breeding is widespread taxonomically and continues to pose challenges to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation and altruistic behavior. Bringing together long-term studies of cooperatively breeding birds, mammals, and fishes, this volume provides a synthesis of current studies in the field. The chapters are organised by individual studies of particular species or (in the case of mole-rats) two closely related cooperatively breeding species. Each focuses not only on describing behavior and ecology but also on testing evolutionary hypotheses for the form and function of the diverse and extraordinary cooperative breeding lifestyles that have been discovered. This unique and comprehensive text will be of interest to graduate students and researchers of behavioral ecology and the evolution of cooperation.

Parental behavior in animals. --- Animal societies. --- Social behavior in animals --- Care of the young (Animal behavior) --- Maternal behavior in animals --- Parental care in animals --- Parenting in animals --- Paternal behavior in animals --- Paternalism in animals --- Animal behavior --- Cooperative breeding in animals

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Animals as parents --- Animaux [Comportement parental chez les ] --- Care of the young (Animals) --- Comportement parental chez les animaux --- Dieren [Ouderlijk gedrag bij de ] --- Maternal behavior in animals --- Ouderlijk gedrag bij de dieren --- Parental behavior in animals --- Paternal behavior in animals --- Goldeneye --- Reproduction (Biology) --- Behavior --- Oiseaux --- Reproduction --- Moeurs et comportement

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In this natural history of primate parenting, Smith compares parenting by nonhuman and human primates. In a narrative rich with vivid anecdotes derived from interviews with primatologists, from her own experience breeding cottontop tamarin monkeys for over thirty years, and from her clinical psychology practice, Smith describes the ways that primates care for their offspring, from infancy through young adulthood.

Parenting. --- Primates --- Parental behavior in animals. --- Care of the young (Animal behavior) --- Maternal behavior in animals --- Parental care in animals --- Parenting in animals --- Paternal behavior in animals --- Paternalism in animals --- Animal behavior --- Cooperative breeding in animals --- Parent behavior --- Parental behavior in humans --- Child rearing --- Parent and child --- Parenthood --- Behavior.

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Animal genetics. Animal evolution --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Animals as parents --- Animaux [Comportement parental chez les ] --- Behavior evolution --- Behavioral evolution --- Care of the young (Animals) --- Comportement [Evolution du ] --- Comportement parental chez les animaux --- Dieren [Ouderlijk gedrag bij de ] --- Evolutie van het gedrag --- Evolution du comportement --- Gedrag [Evolutie van het ] --- Maternal behavior in animals --- Ouderlijk gedrag bij de dieren --- Parental behavior in animals --- Paternal behavior in animals --- Parental behavior in animals. --- Behavior evolution.

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Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings? Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide? Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers? A Natural History of Families concisely examines what behavioral ecologists have discovered about family dynamics and what these insights might tell us about human biology and behavior. Scott Forbes's engaging account describes an uneasy union among family members in which rivalry for resources often has dramatic and even fatal consequences. In nature, parents invest resources and control the allocation of resources among their offspring to perpetuate their genetic lineage. Those families sometimes function as cooperative units, the nepotistic and loving havens we choose to identify with. In the natural world, however, dysfunctional familial behavior is disarmingly commonplace. While explaining why infanticide, fratricide, and other seemingly antisocial behaviors are necessary, Forbes also uncovers several surprising applications to humans. Here the conflict begins in the moments following conception as embryos struggle to wrest control of pregnancy from the mother, and to wring more nourishment from her than she can spare, thus triggering morning sickness, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Mothers, in return, often spontaneously abort embryos with severe genetic defects, allowing for prenatal quality control of offspring. Using a broad sweep of entertaining examples culled from the world of animals and humans, A Natural History of Families is a lively introduction to the behavioral ecology of the family.

Parental behavior in animals. --- Families. --- Reproduction --- Reproduction. --- Amphimixis --- Generation --- Pangenesis --- Procreation --- Biology --- Life (Biology) --- Physiology --- Sex (Biology) --- Embryology --- Generative organs --- Theriogenology --- Care of the young (Animal behavior) --- Maternal behavior in animals --- Parental care in animals --- Parenting in animals --- Paternal behavior in animals --- Paternalism in animals --- Animal behavior --- Cooperative breeding in animals --- Family --- Families --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Social aspects. --- Social aspects --- Social conditions