Cooperation by necessity: condition- and density-dependent reproductive tactics of female house mice

Manuela Ferrari; Anna K. Lindholm; Arpat Ozgul; Madan K. Oli; Barbara König

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03267-2

Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Cooperation by necessity: condition- and density-dependent reproductive tactics of female house mice

Manuela Ferrari,
Anna K. Lindholm,
Arpat Ozgul,
Madan K. Oli,
Barbara König

Affiliations

Manuela Ferrari: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
Anna K. Lindholm: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Arpat Ozgul: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Madan K. Oli: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
Barbara König: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03267-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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An 8-year study of house mice revealed an increase in communal breeding despite reduced average population fitness. Breeding tactics were condition- and density- dependent, with only the most competitive females rearing litters solitarily.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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