How threats influence the evolutionary resolution of within-group conflict

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 759-771

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Cooperation; Mutualism; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; KINSHIP; MUTUALISM; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 67650228017     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598489     Document Type: Article

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