The evolution of cooperative breeding; is there cheating?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Sachs, Joel L ^a   Rubenstein, Dustin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

EID: 34648813833     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.018     Document Type: Note

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