Ecological bases of philopatry and cooperation in Ethiopian wolves

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1005-1015

  Marino, Jorgelina ^a   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Expansionism; Philopatry; Sociality; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHILOPATRY; RODENT; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84862489073     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1348-x     Document Type: Article

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