Cooperation theory of cooperative breeding

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Skubic, Eva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GAME THEORY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIT-FOR-TAT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 34648840255     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.012     Document Type: Note

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