Evolution of polyandry in a communal breeding system

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 668-674

  Chao, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpeckers; Communal breeding; Cooperative polyandry; Melanerpes formicivorus; Optimal clutch size; Polyandry; Polygyny; Prisoner's Dilemma

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SYSTEM; COMMUNAL BREEDING; EVOLUTION; POLYANDRY;

MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS;

EID: 0031436670     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.668     Document Type: Article

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