Cooperative Breeding in Mammals

Cooperative Breeding Refers To A Social System In Which Individuals Other Than The Parents Provide Care For The Offspring. Since Individuals Delay Breeding And Invest In The Offspring Of Others Cooperative Breeding Poses A Challenge To A Darwinian Explanation Of The Evolution Of Social Behavior. The Contributors To This Book Explore The Evolutionary Ecological Behavioral And Physiological Basis Of Cooperative Breeding In Mammals. The Book Contains A Collection Of Chapters By The Leading Researchers In The Field And It Is The First Book Dedicated Exclusively To The Study Of Mammalian Cooperative Breeding.