Individual variation in helping in a cooperative breeder: Relatedness versus behavioural type

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-477

  Le Vin, A L ^a   Mable, B K ^a   Taborsky, M ^b   Heg, D ^b   Arnold, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Boldness; Kin selection; Neolamprologus pulcher; Personality; Territory defence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; PERCIFORM; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; TERRITORY;

CICHLIDAE; NEOLAMPROLOGUS PULCHER;

EID: 80051672798     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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