Deception by helpers in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs and its experimental manipulation

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-256

  Boland, Christopher R J ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Deception; Food supplementation; Helping behaviour; White winged chough

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DECEPTION; HELPING BEHAVIOUR; NESTLING; WHITE-WINGED CHOUGH;

CORCORAX MELANORHAMPHOS;

EID: 0030859572     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050386     Document Type: Article

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