Prolonged offspring dependence and cooperative breeding in birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-377

  Langen, Tom A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian reproduction; Cooperative breeding; Life history trade offs; Parental care

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0033936277     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.4.367     Document Type: Article

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