GENDER, STATUS AND FAMILY FORTUNES IN THE WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER

被引：26

作者：

EMLEN, ST

WREGE, PH

机构：

[1] Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca

来源：

NATURE | 1994年 / 367卷 / 6459期

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D O I：

10.1038/367129a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Models of how people make decisions are central to economic theory. But when cast in a darwinian framework, such models provide insights into animal social behaviour. This is especially true of family-based societies in which the profitability of pursuing different behaviours is strongly influenced by gender, kinship and social position within the group. The potential of this approach is shown by modelling the reproductive decisions facing individuals in a complex bird society, that of the white-fronted bee-eater.

引用

页码：129 / 132

页数：4

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