Resolving social conflict among females without overt aggression

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Evolution of cooperation; Fighting; Negotiation; Reproductive skew; Threats

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION; FEMALE; FIGHTING; MALE; MAMMAL; NEGOTIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREATS;

CONFLICT RESOLUTION; EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION; FIGHTING; NEGOTIATION; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW; THREATS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84886559632     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0076     Document Type: Review

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