Counting the costs: the evolution of male-biased care in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 911-919

  Hodge, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alloparental care; banded mongoose; cooperative breeding; fitness; helping; Mungos mungo; sex bias

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MAMMAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CARNIVORA; MUNGOS MUNGO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35148868562     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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