How Grandparents Matter: Support for the Cooperative Breeding Hypothesis in a Contemporary Dutch Population

Human Nature

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-405

  Kaptijn, Ralf ^a   Thomese, Fleur ^a   van Tilburg, Theo G ^a   Liefbroer, Aart C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allomothers; Cooperative breeding; Grandparents; Kin selection; Life history theory; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649960910     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-010-9098-9     Document Type: Article

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