Communal defense of territories and the evolution of sociality

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 787-800

  Port, Markus ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^b,c   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Dispersal; Group living; Reproductive competition; Social queuing

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FECUNDITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RESIDENT POPULATION; TERRITORIALITY; TURNOVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 81355153371     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662672     Document Type: Article

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