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Group Augmentation

Group Augmentation is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology that explains cooperative behavior as a strategy in which individuals enhance their own inclusive fitness by contributing to group growth and stability, thereby increasing future reproductive or survival benefits for themselves and genetically related members.

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2017–2026

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The evolution of cooperative breeding through group augmentation

Hanna Kokko, Rufus A. Johnstone, Tim Clutton‐Brock · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2001 · 580 citations · Full text

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Group augmentation, collective action, and territorial boundary patrols by male chimpanzees

Kevin E. Langergraber, David P. Watts, Linda Vigilant et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 92 citations · Full text

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Helping effort increases with relatedness in bell miners, but ‘unrelated’ helpers of both sexes still provide substantial care

Jonathan Wright, Paul G. McDonald, Luc te Marvelde et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 87 citations · Full text

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Multiple Benefits Drive Helping Behavior in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird: An Integrated Analysis

Sjouke A. Kingma, Michelle L. Hall, Anne Peters · The American Naturalist · 2011 · 86 citations

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Kin selection, not group augmentation, predicts helping in an obligate cooperatively breeding bird

Lucy E. Browning, Samantha C. Patrick, Lee A. Rollins et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2012 · 66 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Irene García-Ruiz

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  2. MT
    Michael Taborsky

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  3. IB
    Inder Bir S. Passi

    Panjab University, India

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  4. TE
    Tuula E. Hollmén

    Alaska SeaLife Center, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  5. JW
    Jonathan Wright

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    1 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

50

  1. University of Neuchâtel

    Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    85 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    306 citations

  4. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    130 citations

  5. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    109 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

    Radolfzell, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    53 citations

  7. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

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  2. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  3. Ethology

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  4. Biology Letters

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 122 citations

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