Direct benefits and the evolution of female-biased cooperative breeding in Seychelles warblers

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2313-2321

  Richardson, David S ^a,c   Burke, Terry ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus warblers; Cooperative breeding; Direct benefits; Indirect benefits; Kin selection; Microsatellite markers; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS;

SEYCHELLES;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; ANIMALIA; PASSERI;

EID: 0036861077     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00154.x     Document Type: Article

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