Predicting the temporal dynamics of reproductive skew and group membership in communal breeders

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 880-888

  Zink, Andrew G ^a,b   Reeve, H Kern ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal breeding; Dynamic model; Kin selection; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23944475383     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari062     Document Type: Article

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