Hamilton's rule and kin competition: the Kipsigis case

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 299-312

  Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Cooperative breeding; Kinship; Local resource competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547850935     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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