Cooperative investment in public goods is kin directed in communal nests of social birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1141-1148

  van Dijk, René E ^a   Kaden, Jennifer C ^a,b   Argüelles Ticó, Araceli ^a   Dawson, Deborah A ^a   Burke, Terry ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Kin selection; Public goods; Social network theory; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; KIN SELECTION; LETTER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC GOODS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK THEORY; SPARROW; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

COOPERATION; KIN SELECTION; PUBLIC GOODS; SOCIAL NETWORK THEORY; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS;

EID: 84905238700     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12320     Document Type: Article

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