The evolution of parental cooperation in birds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13603-13608

  Remeš, Vladimír ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^b   Tökölyi, Jácint ^c   Liker, András ^d   Székely, Tamás ^e,f  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior; Climate; Parental care; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84946204888     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512599112     Document Type: Article

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