competition for a resource in which the winner physically deters another organism from obtaining part or all of a fought-over resource. Cooperative breeding system Also: cooperative breeders, cooperative rearing, cooperative infant care, cooperative parenting
What does 'Ltd. (Limited)' mean. Ltd., or Limited, is a suffix that follows the name of a company, indicating it is a private limited company. This is an incorporation available under British, Irish and some Commonwealth countries' laws. In a limited company, shareholders' liability is limited to the capital they originally invested.
Ltd. is also used from time to time with companies in the United States. Some state statutes permit the use of ltd. in place of inc. for a corporation, according to Business Organizations by D. Gordon Smith and Cynthia A. Williams.