Group augmentation and the evolution of cooperation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 476-484

  Kingma, Sjouke A ^a,b,c   Santema, Peter ^b,d   Taborsky, Michael ^e   Komdeur, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Cooperation; Group living; Helping; Mutualism; Reciprocity; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HELPING BEHAVIOR; RECIPROCITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA;

BREEDING; COOPERATION; PROCEDURES;

BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HELPING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904439398     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.05.013     Document Type: Review

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