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Houslay, Thomas M.
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Vullioud, Philippe
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Zottl, Markus
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Clutton-Brock, Tim H.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-09-24T12:39:21Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-05 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Although the social mole-rats are commonly classified as eusocial breeders on the grounds that groups include a single breeding female (the “queen”) and a number of nonbreeding individuals (“helpers”) of both sexes, alloparental care is not highly developed in these species and there is no direct evidence that the presence or number of nonbreeders is associated with reductions in the workload of the “queen.” An alternative interpretation of mole-rat groups is that the social mole-rats are cooperative foragers rather than cooperative or eusocial breeders. Here, in captive colonies of Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis), we provide the first evidence that increases in the number of nonbreeding subordinates in mole-rat groups are associated with reductions in the workload of “queens” and with increases in their fecundity. |
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dc.description.department |
Mammal Research Institute |
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Zoology and Entomology |
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2021-03-12 |
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hj2020 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The European Research Council and the Human Frontier Science Program. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://academic.oup.com/beheco |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Houslay, T.M., Vullioud, P., Zottl, M. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. 2020, 'Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats', Behavioral Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 3, May/June 2020, Pages 711–718, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa015. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1045-2249 (print) |
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1465-7279 (online) |
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10.1093/beheco/araa015 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76217 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Oxford University Press |
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dc.rights |
© The Author 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Behavioral Ecology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is : 'Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats', Behavioral Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 3, May/June 2020, Pages 711–718, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa015, is available online at : https://academic.oup.com/beheco. |
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dc.subject |
Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) |
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dc.subject |
Cooperation |
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dc.title |
Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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