Sibling competition and cooperation in mammals: Challenges, developments and prospects

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Hudson, Robyn ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mammals; Parent offspring conflict; Sibling conflict; Sibling cooperation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIBLING;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349101697     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0417-z     Document Type: Review

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