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The evolution of parental optimism.
In choosing how many offspring to rear per cycle, parents commonly starts with more than they really can afford, then allow/encourage some to die. Multiple incentives for overproduction exist. By… Expand
The evolutionary biology of spontaneous abortion in humans.
- L. Forbes
- Biology, Medicine
- Trends in ecology & evolution
- 1 November 1997
Human mothers an efficient screening system to eliminate genetically abnormal embryos. However, the incidence of certain birth defects - most notably Down's syndrome - rises with maternal age.… Expand
Avian Brood Reduction and Parent-Offspring "Conflict"
- L. Forbes
- Medicine, Biology
- The American Naturalist
- 1 July 1993
Avian brood reduction is widely viewed as a potential source of parent-offspring conflict. Yet empirical evidence belies the existence of conflict; for example, parents create the initial competitive… Expand
Parent-offspring conflict: A case of arrested development.
The theory of parent-offspring conflict (POC) provides a plausible evolutionary foundation for the dissonant behavioral interactions commonly observed between adults and their progeny. It has been… Expand
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Lack's Brood Reduction Hypothesis and Experimental Design
- L. Forbes
- Biology
- 1 November 1994
Adaptive brood reduction, as originally proposed by David Lack and as revised by later workers, represents a simple mechanism to counter stochastic variation in ecological conditions: parents lay an… Expand
Hunger and food allocation among nestlings of facultatively siblicidal ospreys
- L. Forbes
- Biology
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 1 October 1991
SummaryPrevious studies of food allocation among nestlings of siblicidal birds have focussed on the proximate link between food and aggression. However, food sharing among sibs (and brood reduction)… Expand
Using Web‐based Bookmarks in K–8 Settings: Linking the Internet to Instruction
- L. Forbes
- Psychology
- 1 October 2004
This article (a) explains why teachers should use the Internet as a component of instruction, (b) identifies difficulties that at-risk learners have using Internet resources, and (c) recommends use… Expand
Mentoring and Technology Integration for Teachers
- J. Yamamoto, Mara Linaberger, L. Forbes
- Computer Science
- 2005
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