Longevity suppresses conflict in animal societies

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Port, Markus ^a,b   Cant, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Cooperative breeding; Kin selection; Social conflict

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; GENETIC SELECTION; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84947713479     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0680     Document Type: Article

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