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Hamilton's rule

Scope: evolution

Papers: 16 | Mentions: 16

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Knowledge graph centered on Hamilton's rule with 71 nodes and 182 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Marmota flaviventris, Crested Butte.

Definition

The theoretical framework predicting when altruistic behavior will evolve based on the relationship between costs, benefits, and coefficient of relatedness

Related Terms (9)

sibling interactionskinship structuringaltruismapparently altruistic behaviorsparental careinclusive fitnesskin selectionindirect fitnesssélection de parentèle

Publications (16)

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2025Journal of Mammalogy

Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

2022Ecology and Evolution

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River

Is Plant Fitness Proportional to Seed Set? An Experiment and a Spatial Model

2017The American Naturalist

Are social network measures associated with the propensity to alarm call in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)?

Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>

Social group size predicts the evolution of individuality

2011Current Biology

Applying the coalitionary-traits metric: sociality without cooperation in male yellow-bellied marmots

2010Behavioral Ecology

Related Concepts (10)

alarm calling

phenomenon6 shared papers

Dispersal

process3 shared papers

philopatry

phenomenon3 shared papers

density-dependent population regulation

theory3 shared papers

inclusive fitness

theory3 shared papers

polygynous mating system

phenomenon3 shared papers

Reproductive success

measurement2 shared papers

reproductive suppression

process2 shared papers

social structure

measurement2 shared papers

coefficient of relatedness

metric2 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae15 papers

Marmota

Sciuridae14 papers

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae12 papers

Spermophilus

Sciuridae10 papers

Marmota marmota

Sciuridae9 papers

prairie dog

Cynomys

Sciuridae7 papers

birds and mammals

Marmota monax

Sciuridae6 papers

Marmota caligata

Sciuridae6 papers

article

Social cohesion in yellow-bellied marmots is established through age and kin structuring

2010Animal Behaviour

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

2007Advances in the Study of Behavior

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Reproductive competition in female yellow-bellied marmots

2003International Network on Marmots

Why do yellow-bellied marmots call?

1998Animal Behavior

Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness

1997Animal Behaviour

Biodiversity in marmots

Pre-dispersal seed predation by <i>Hylema</i> (Delia) sp. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae): mechanisms and consequences of oviposition choice

Behavioral ecology of alpine yellow-bellied marmots

1979Behavioral Ecology