Infanticide and control of reproduction in cooperative and communal breeders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 941-949

  Hager, Reinmar ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; INFANTICIDE; REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442547433     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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