Reproduction by subordinates in cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers is uncommon but predictable

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-180

  Lundy, K J ^a   Parker, P G ^a   Zahavi, A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; DNA fingerprinting; Mating systems; Reproductive skew; Turdoides squamiceps

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DOMINANCE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

TURDOIDES SQUAMICEPS;

EID: 0031876574     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050478     Document Type: Article

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