The evolution of parental and alloparental effort in cooperatively breeding groups: When should helpers pay to stay?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-300

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,b,d   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Wright, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Cooperative breeding; Helping at the nest; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0036558757     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.3.291     Document Type: Article

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