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Dominant female meerkats do not use aggression to elevate work rates of helpers in response to increased brood demand

In cooperatively breeding animals, in which nonbreeding subordinates assist in rearing offspring born to dominants, breeders and helpers may be in conflict over their respective contributions to offspring care and selection may favour breeders that use aggression to elevate the work rates of helpers...

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Autores principales: Santema, Peter, Clutton-Brock, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22505769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.032