Integrating cooperative breeding with general mechanisms enforcing cooperation: Comments and further directions

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-89

  Hamilton, Ian M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROGENY; PUNISHMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

EID: 34648820041     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.011     Document Type: Note

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