Ecological constraints drive social evolution in the African mole

Ecological constraints drive social evolution in the African mole–rats

Published:1997-11-22 Issue:1388 Volume:264 Page:1619-1627
ISSN:0962-8452
Container-title:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

Author:

Faulkes C. G.¹,Bennett N. C.²,Bruford M. W.¹,O'brien H. P.¹,Aguilar G. H.³,Jarvis J. U. M.³

Affiliation:

1. Conservation Genetics Group, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK

2. Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa

3. Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, South Africa

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine

Link

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.1997.0226

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