First evidence for heritable variation in cooperative breeding behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1619, 2007, Pages 1757-1761

  Charmantier, Anne ^a,c   Keyser, Amber J ^b   Promislow, Daniel E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Heritability; Life history theory; Lifespan; Sialia mexicana; Western bluebirds

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; KIN SELECTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MALE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; SIALIA MEXICANA;

EID: 34548443015     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0012     Document Type: Article

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