The role of threats in animal cooperation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 170-178

  Cant, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Cooperative breeding; Mutualism; Negotiation; Reproductive skew; Within group conflict

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUTUALISM; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PARENTAL CARE; PERCEPTION; SKEWNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650500534     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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