Cooperative behaviour and cooperative breeding: What constitutes an explanation?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Group augmentation; Life history; Multi level selection

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LIFE HISTORY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 34648813843     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.11.010     Document Type: Note

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