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“In most species, food sharing occurs between kin, such as parents provisioning their offspring (birds [44], mammals [45,47,49]), or between mating partners (insects [44], birds [43], mammals [45,47,50], humans [51]).”
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- VAHED, K.
- Corresponding author
- VAHED, KARIM
- ORCID
- VAHED, KARIM
- Venue
- Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-02
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-78
- ISSN
- 0006-3231 (ISSN-L)
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- W4238983991
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- journal article
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- en
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- Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Keywords
- nuptial feeding, mating behavior, insect reproduction, sperm transfer, female receptacle
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