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Eusociality outcompetes egalitarian and solitary strategies when resources are limited and reproduct...

Eusociality outcompetes egalitarian and solitary strategies when resources are limited and reproduct...

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Eusociality outcompetes egalitarian and solitary strategies when resources are limited and reproduction is costly

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Full title

Eusociality outcompetes egalitarian and solitary strategies when resources are limited and reproduction is costly

Publisher

England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Journal title

Ecology and evolution, 2018-12, Vol.8 (24), p.12953-12964

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Explaining the evolution and maintenance of animal groups remains a challenge. Surprisingly, fundamental ecological factors, such as resource variance and competition for limited resources, tend to be ignored in models of cooperation. We use a mathematical model previously developed to quantify the influence of different group sizes on resource use...

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Full title

Eusociality outcompetes egalitarian and solitary strategies when resources are limited and reproduction is costly

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6309011

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6309011

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ISSN

2045-7758

E-ISSN

2045-7758

DOI

10.1002/ece3.4737

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