Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1691, 2010, Pages 2219-2226

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Hodge, Sarah J ^a   Bell, Matthew B V ^b   Gilchrist, Jason S ^c   Nichols, Hazel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Eviction; Punishment; Reproductive conflict; Skew

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SKEWNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77955395441     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2097     Document Type: Article

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