Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals
| cam.issuedOnline | 2017-01-18 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lukas, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clutton-Brock, T | |
| dc.contributor.orcid | Lukas, Dieter [0000-0002-7141-3545] | |
| dc.contributor.orcid | Clutton-Brock, Timothy [0000-0001-8110-8969] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-08T14:28:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-08T14:28:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01-18 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 alloparental care by non-breeding subordinates is associated with habitats where annual rainfall is low. A possible reason for this association is that the females of species found in arid environments are usually polytocous and this may have facilitated the evolution of alloparental care. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This project was funded by the European Research Commission (grant no. 294494-THCB2011). | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.17863/CAM.8231 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2054-5703 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2054-5703 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/262939 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Royal Society Publishing | |
| dc.publisher.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160897 | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | cooperative breeding | |
| dc.subject | rainfall | |
| dc.subject | sociality | |
| dc.subject | phylogenetic comparison | |
| dc.title | Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2016-12-12 | |
| prism.number | 160897 | |
| prism.publicationDate | 2017 | |
| prism.publicationName | Royal Society Open Science | |
| prism.volume | 4 | |
| pubs.funder-project-id | European Research Council (294494) | |
| rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2017-01-18 | |
| rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
| rioxxterms.version | VoR | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1098/rsos.160897 |
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