Testing reproductive skew models in a communally breeding bird, the pukeko, Porphyrio porphyrio

The Evolution of Helping. I. An Ecological Constraints Model

1982 • 900 citations

A model for the evolution of despotic versus egalitarian societies

1983 • 790 citations

A molecular genetic analysis of kinship and cooperation in African lions

1991 • 518 citations

Partitioning of reproduction in animal societies

1994 • 497 citations

The Evolution of Helping. II. The Role of Behavioral Conflict

1982 • 221 citations

The ecology of communal breeding: the case of multiple-queen leptothoracine ants

1994 • 194 citations

Queen-queen conflicts in polygynous societies: mutual tolerance and reproductive skew

1993 • 161 citations

Partitioning of Reproduction in Mother-Daughter Versus Sibling Associations: A Test of Optimal Skew Theory

1995 • 154 citations

Confirmation of cooperative polyandry in the Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)

1995 • 124 citations

Shared paternity among non-relatives is a result of an egalitarian mating system in a communally breeding bird, the pukeko

1994 • 106 citations

Social contracts in wasp societies

1992 • 102 citations

Incestuous Mating in a Communal Bird: A Family Affair

1988 • 102 citations

Pair and group breeding behaviour of a communal gallinule, the pukeko, Porphyrio P. Melanotus

1980 • 93 citations

Reproductive structure and reproductive roles in colonies of eusocial insects

1993 • 82 citations

Reproductive Skew Simplified

1996 • 74 citations

Single- and multilocus DNA fingerprinting of communally breeding pukeko: do copulations or dominance ensure reproductive success?

1994 • 64 citations

Pukeko: different approaches and some different answers

1990 • 58 citations

Dominance and Mating in a Communal Polygynandrous Bird: Cooperation or Indifference towards Mating Competitors?

1987 • 56 citations

Male-male and female-female courtship and copulation behaviour in a communally breeding bird

1987 • 43 citations

Reproductive skew and genetic relatedness in Leptothorax ants

1995 • 36 citations

Living with relatives: lessons from avian family systems*

1996 • 14 citations