Life-history traits as causes or consequences of social behaviour: Why do cooperative breeders lay small clutches?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 691-700

  Härdling, Roger ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clutch size evolution; Cooperative breeding; Life history hypothesis; Life history trade off; Offspring depreciation; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0242494568     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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