Division of labour within cooperatively breeding groups

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1577-1590

  Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^b   Goldizen, Anne W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndromes; Cooperative breeding; Division of labour; Mobbing; Provisioning

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745896988     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831927     Document Type: Article

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