Definition of siblicide in English:
siblicide
noun ˈsɪblɪsʌɪdˈsibləˌsīd
mass nounZoology The killing of a sibling or siblings, as a behaviour pattern typical in various animal groups.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because obligate siblicide typically occurs shortly after the second chick hatches, brood size does not vary for the majority of the nestling period.
- Legge showed that the probability of siblicide may be affected both by parental behavior and competitive asymmetries between nestlings.
- Asymmetric larval mobility and the evolutionary transition from siblicide to nonsiblicidal behavior in parasitoid wasps
- The vast majority of this mortality is due to food shortage and/or siblicide, though predation can also be a significant source of mortality.
- In this article, we examine the life-history consequences of siblicide that feed back to adult parasitoids.