What do simple models reveal about the population dynamics of a cooperatively breeding species?

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 787-794

  Bateman, A W ^a   Coulson, T ^b   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FELID; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; TIME SERIES;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 79955024799     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18952.x     Document Type: Article

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