Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals

被引：86

作者：

Lukas, Dieter ^{[1
]}

Clutton-Brock, Tim ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Zool, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England

来源：

ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE | 2017年 / 4卷 / 01期

关键词：

cooperative breeding; rainfall; sociality; phylogenetic comparison; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; GROUP-SIZE; EVOLUTION; MONOGAMY;

D O I：

10.1098/rsos.160897

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：

Cooperative breeding systems, in which non-breeding individuals provide care for the offspring of dominant group members, occur in less than 1% of mammals and are associated with social monogamy and the production of multiple offspring per birth (polytocy). Here, we show that the distribution of alloparental care by non-breeding subordinates is associated with habitats where annual rainfall is low. A possible reason for this association is that the females of species found in arid environments are usually polytocous and this may have facilitated the evolution of alloparental care.

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