Reproductive sharing and proximate factors mediating cooperative breeding in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-592

  Spiering, Penny A ^a,b   Somers, Michael J ^b   Maldonado, Jesús E ^a   Wildt, David E ^a   Gunther, Micaela Szykman ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Lycaon pictus; Multiple parentage; Proximate mechanisms; Reproductive sharing; Subordinate breeding

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMINANCE; HORMONE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 77950546421     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0875-6     Document Type: Article

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