Offspring food allocation by parents and helpers in a cooperative mammal

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 590-599

  Brotherton, P N M ^a,c   Clutton Brock, T H ^a   O'Riain, M J ^b   Gaynor, D ^b   Sharpe, L ^b   Kansky, R ^b   McIlrath, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Group augmentation; Kin selection; Meerkat; Offspring feeding rules; Sex biased parental care

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; PARENTAL CARE;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 0034836008     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.5.590     Document Type: Article

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