Helping does not enhance reproductive success of cooperatively breeding rufous vanga in Madagascar

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-130

  Eguchi, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamagishi, Satoshi ^b   Asai, Shigeki ^b   Nagata, Hisashi ^c   Hino, Teruaki ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Delayed dispersal; Helpers at the nest; Madagascar; Schetba rufa

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FOOD PROVISIONING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MADAGASCAR;

AVES; MALACONOTINAE; SCHETBA RUFA; VANGA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036197812     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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