Sex-biased preferential care in the cooperatively breeding Arabian babbler

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1271-1276

  Ridley, A R ^a,c   Huyvaert, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arabian babbler; Cooperative breeding; Group size; Preferential care; Sex biased philopatry; Turdoides squamiceps

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; GENDER; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHILOPATRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; SEX FACTORS;

AVES; TURDOIDES SQUAMICEPS;

EID: 34250703650     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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