Life histories and the evolution of cooperative breeding in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1744, 2012, Pages 4065-4070

  Lukas, Dieter ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Life history; Mammals; Phylogenetic comparison; Polytocy

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MONOGAMY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 84865356102     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1433     Document Type: Article

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