Reproductive skew and the evolution of group dissolution tactics: a synthesis of concession and restraint models

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1643-1654

  Buston, P M ^a   Reeve, H K ^b   Cant, M A ^c   Vehrencamp, S L ^b   Emlen, S T ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

control; cooperative breeding; game theory; group dynamics; sociality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MODELING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36849027226     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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