Individual variation and the resolution of conflict over parental care in penduline tits

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 1927-1936

  van Dijk, René E ^a,b,e   Székely, Tamás ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^b   Pogány, Ákos ^c   Fawcett, Tim W ^d   Weissing, Franz J ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Evolutionary game theory; Nest desertion; Sexual conflict; Snowdrift Game

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; BROOD DESERTION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GAME THEORY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MATE ATTRACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; POLYGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

REMIZ PENDULINUS;

EID: 84859418082     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2297     Document Type: Article

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