Promiscuity and the evolution of cooperative breeding

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1732, 2012, Pages 1405-1411

  Leggett, Helen C ^a   el Mouden, Claire ^a,b   Wild, Geoff ^c   West, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Inclusive fitness; Promiscuity; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; RELATEDNESS; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857575396     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1627     Document Type: Article

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