Is kin cooperation going on undetected in marine bird colonies?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-655

  Drummond, Hugh ^a   Torres, Roxana ^a   Juarez, Cristina Rodríguez ^a   Kim, Sin Yeon ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonial nesting; Dispersal; Kin proximity; Kin structure

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIZATION; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATAL DISPERSAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 77950535676     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0882-7     Document Type: Article

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