Reproductive competition favours solitary living while ecological constraints impose group-living in African striped mice

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-521

  Schradin, Carsten ^a,b   König, Barbara ^a   Pillay, Neville ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communal nesting; Cooperative breeding; Flexibility; Helper

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BREEDING SEASON; COLONIAL BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MURINAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO;

EID: 77954025084     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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