The cost of helping

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-57

  Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Legge, Sarah ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; COST; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

BREEDING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033083697     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01545-6     Document Type: Review

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