Kin selection in den sharing develops under limited availability of tree hollows for a forest marsupial

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1719, 2011, Pages 2768-2776

  Banks, Sam C ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Mcburney, Lachlan ^a   Blair, David ^a   Knight, Emma J ^a   Blyton, Michaela D J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Kin selection; Population viscosity; Resource competition; Social behaviour; Tree hollow

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DEN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; KIN SELECTION; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TREES;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; TRICHOSURUS CANINUS;

EID: 79961058623     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2657     Document Type: Article

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