The evolution of unconditional strategies via the 'multiplier effect'

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-243

  McNamara, John M ^a   Dall, Sasha R X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Intergenerational effects; Metapopulation; Natal philopatry; Optimal cue use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931749052     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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