Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1736, 2012, Pages 2151-2156

  Lukas, Dieter ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Eusociality; Kin selection; Mammals; Monogamy; Phylogenetic comparison

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; MONOGAMY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 84859962767     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2468     Document Type: Article

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