Evolution of helping behavior in cooperatively breeding birds

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1998, Pages 141-177

  Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian mating systems; Cooperative breeding; Inclusive fitness; Kin selection; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032441689     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.141     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Austad SN, Rabenold KN. 1985. Reproductive enhancement by helpers and an experimental inquiry into its mechanism in the bicolored wren. Behav. Ecol. Socio-biol. 17:19-27
2. Bednarz JC. 1987. Pair and group reproductive success, polyandry, and co operative breeding in Harris' hawks. Auk 104:393-404