Is helping a beneficial learning experience for red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) helpers?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Khan, Memuna Z ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Learning experience; Picoides borealis; Red cockaded woodpecker

Indexed keywords

HELPING BEHAVIOUR; LEARNING; RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, SANDHILLS;

PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0030764816     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050365     Document Type: Article

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