Reproductive senescence in a cooperatively breeding mammal

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-183

  Sharp, Stuart P ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Dominance; Group size; Mixed models; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DOMINANCE; GROUP SIZE; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SMALL MAMMAL; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; LITTER SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72449130572     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01616.x     Document Type: Article

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