Reproductive skew and the threat of eviction: A new perspective

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1416, 1999, Pages 275-279

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Cant, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cooperative breeding; Game theory; Reproductive supression; Sociality

Indexed keywords

PARTITIONING; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033531340     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0633     Document Type: Article

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