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Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals

Cooperative breeding systems, in which non-breeding individuals provide care for the offspring of dominant group members, occur in less than 1% of mammals and are associated with social monogamy and the production of multiple offspring per birth (polytocy). Here, we show that the distribution of all...

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Autores principales: Lukas, Dieter, Clutton-Brock, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160897