Fitness consequences of helping behavior in the western bluebird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-177

  Dickinson, Janis L ^a,b   Koenig, Walter D ^a   Pitelka, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hastings Reservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Cooperative breeding; Helpers; Indirect fitness; Sialia mexicana; Western bluebird

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HELPING BEHAVIOUR; WESTERN BLUEBIRD;

USA, CALIFORNIA, CARMEL VALLEY, HASTINGS RESERVATION;

SIALIA MEXICANA; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0029769562     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.2.168     Document Type: Article

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