Kin selection in Columbian ground squirrels: Direct and indirect fitness benefits

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 524-531

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a,b   Viblanc, Vincent A ^c   Arnaud, Coline M ^a   Murie, Jan O ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cooperation; direct fitness; group living; inclusive fitness; indirect fitness; individual fitness; kin selection; matrix models; Urocitellus columbianus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SCIURIDAE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 84855879439     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05218.x     Document Type: Article

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