Food sharing in vampire bats: Reciprocal help predicts donations more than relatedness or harassment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1753, 2013, Pages

  Carter, Gerald G ^a   Wilkinson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Desmodus rotundus; Helping; Kin selection; Reciprocity; Sharing

Indexed keywords

BAT; FITNESS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; NEPOTISM; RECIPROCITY; RELATEDNESS;

DESMODUS ROTUNDUS;

EID: 84878621277     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2573     Document Type: Article

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