Sex and age influence responses to changes in the cost of cooperative care in a social carnivore

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1118-1123

  Bell, Matthew B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

banded mongoose; cooperative care; life history trade offs; parent offspring conflict

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMALL MAMMAL; TRADE-OFF;

CARNIVORA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 77955906967     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq124     Document Type: Article

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