Context-dependent behavior and the benefits of communal nesting

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-263

  Ward, S A ^a,b   Kukuk, P F ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Dynamic ESS; Egg cannibalism; Frequency dependence; Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) hemichalceum; Oophagy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNAL NESTING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT;

EID: 0031849670     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286165     Document Type: Article

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