Infanticide by subordinates influences reproductive sharing in cooperatively breeding meerkats

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-387

  Young, Andrew J ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Reproductive skew; Subordinate control

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; INFANTICIDE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFANTICIDE; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748650788     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0463     Document Type: Article

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