Studies on humans indicate that encountering multiple sources of adversity in childhood
increases the risk of poor long‐term health and premature death. Far less is known about …

In animals with slow ontogeny and long-term maternal investment, immatures are likely to
experience the birth of a younger sibling before reaching maturity. In these species, the birth …

BACKGROUND The loss of kin by death has medical, psychological, and social effects on
other members of a kinship network. Recent formal demographic models can account for …

Knowledge of the role of individual associations has provided an insightful understanding of
the structures of animal societies, especially in highly social mammals such as primates. Yet …

Two species of pilot whales are globally distributed, the long-finned (Globicephala melas) in
cold-temperate waters and the short-finned (G. macrorhynchus) in tropical and warm …

Understanding juvenile survival is crucial for the population ecology of long-lived species,
where parental guidance can significantly influence survival rates of completely naive …

Parental care is widespread in the animal kingdom and refers to any parental trait that
enhances an offspring fitness. Yet, the amount of parental care that can be devoted to each …

Les soins parentaux sont très répandus dans le règne animal et désignent tout trait parental
qui améliore la santé de la progéniture. Cependant, la quantité de soins parentaux qui peut …

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