Social queuing in animal societies: A dynamic model of reproductive skew

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1419, 1999, Pages 571-578

  Kokko, Hanna ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits of philopatry; Cooperative breeding; Delayed dispersal; Queuing; Reproductive skew theory; Resource inheritance

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FUTUROLOGY; GROUP DYNAMICS; MATING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033594183     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0674     Document Type: Article

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