Interactions among siblings are finely balanced between rivalry and cooperation, but the
factors that tip the balance towards cooperation are incompletely understood. Previous …

As an ecologically dominant taxon, termites appear to be resilient to environmental
stressors. However, swarming alates (winged-individuals) encounter a myriad of …

Chemical cues and signals, especially in insects, play a pivotal role in mediating interactions
between individuals. Past studies have largely focused on adult semiochemicals and have …

In species with biparental care, sexual conflict occurs because the benefit of care depends
on the total amount of care provided by the two parents while the cost of care depends on …

Sibling rivalry or brood reduction prevailing within bird nests is effectively avoided in solitary
aculeate nests because the larvae of wasps and bees usually develop in each brood cell …

We investigate the effect of offspring and maternal inbreeding on maternal and offspring
traits associated with early offspring fitness in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides …

The hurry-up hypothesis suggests that completing reproduction as soon as possible is
favored when the quantity or quality of resources used for breeding declines over time …

Intra‐cohort cannibalism is an example of a size‐mediated priority effect. If early life stages
cannibalize slightly smaller individuals, then parents face a trade‐off between breeding at …

Brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other females, thereby shifting the costs of
offspring care onto others. Given that care is costly, potential hosts should evolve …

In some species, a brood hatches or is born asynchronously over an extended period of
time. This asynchronous hatching establishes competitive asymmetries between offspring …