No evidence for the work-conflict hypothesis in the eusocial naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 401-409

  Jacobs, David S ^a   Jarvis, J U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggression; Heterocephalus glaber; Kin bias; Reproductive status; Work conflict hypothesis

Indexed keywords

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER;

EID: 0030445971     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050307     Document Type: Article

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