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Cooperation by necessity: condition- and density-dependent reproductive tactics of female house mice
- Source :
- Communications Biology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- An 8-year study of house mice revealed an increase in communal breeding despite reduced average population fitness. Breeding tactics were condition- and density- dependent, with only the most competitive females rearing litters solitarily.
- Subjects :
- Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23993642
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.69eda309fceb4038862672027c0a3abc
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03267-2