Family conflict and the evolution of sociality in reptiles

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-250

  While, Geoffrey M ^a   Uller, Tobias ^b   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egernia whitii; Mating systems; Parental care; Paternity; Sociality

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOME RANGE; INFANTICIDE; LIZARD; MONOGAMY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EGERNIA; EGERNIA WHITII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 64949101090     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp015     Document Type: Article

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