Adopting kin enhances inclusive fitness in asocial red squirrels

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 22-

  Gorrell, Jamieson C ^a   McAdam, Andrew G ^b   Coltman, David W ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^c   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; NONHUMAN; SIBLING RELATION; SQUIRREL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 78650081859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1022     Document Type: Article

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