Cooperative Breeding in Mammals

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List of contributors
Preface
1. The study of mammalian cooperative breeding Nancy G. Solomon and Jeffrey A. French
2. The bioenergetics of parental behaviour and the evolution of alloparental care in marmosets and tamarins Suzette D. Tardif
3. Proximate regulation of singular breeding in Callitrichid primates Jeffrey A. French
4. Cooperative breeding, reproductive suppression and body size in canids Patricia D. Moehlman and Heribert Hofer
5. Hormonal and experiential factors in the expression of social and parental behaviour in canids Cheryl S. Asa
6. Variation in reproductive suppression among dwarf mongooses: interplay between mechanisms and evolution Scott R. Creel and Peter M. Waser
7. Dynamic optimization and cooperative breeding: an evaluation of future fitness effects Jeffrey R. Lucas, Scott R. Creel and Peter M. Waser
8. Examination of alternative hypotheses for cooperative breeding in rodents Nancy G. Solomon and Lowell L. Getz
9. The psychobiological basis of cooperative breeding in rodents C. Sue Carter and R. Lucille Roberts
10. Cooperative breeding in naked mole-rats: implications for vertebrate and invertebrate sociality Eileen A. Lacey and Paul W. Sherman
11. The physiology of a reproductive dictatorship: regulation of male and female reproduction by a single breeding female in colonies of naked mole-rats Christopher G. Faulkes and David H. Abbott
12. Factors influencing the occurrence of communal care in plural breeding mammals Susan E. Lewis and Anne E. Pusey
13. A bird's-eye view of mammalian cooperative breeding Ronald L. Mumme
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