A test of the importance of direct and indirect fitness benefits for helping decisions in western bluebirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Dickinson, Janis L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hastings Natural History Reservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Cooperative breeding; Feeding; Helping; Inclusive fitness; Parental care; Provisioning; Relatedness; Share of provisioning

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; RELATEDNESS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; RAPHIA FRATER; SIALIA; SIALIA MEXICANA;

EID: 1942475998     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh001     Document Type: Article

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