Cost minimization by helpers in cooperative vertebrates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3333-3338

  Russell, A F ^a   Sharpe, L L ^b   Brotherton, P N M ^a   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CARNIVORA; COOPERATION; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAGING; MALE; MEERKAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

CARNIVORA; SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037453014     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0636503100     Document Type: Article

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