Reciprocity and conditional cooperation between great tit parents

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 216-222

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Manica, Andrea ^a   Fayet, Annette L ^a,c   Stoddard, Mary Caswell ^a,d   Rodriguez Gironés, Miguel A ^b   Hinde, Camilla A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Family conflict; Negotiation; Parental care; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; RECIPROCITY;

EID: 84890695433     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art109     Document Type: Article

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