Grandparent helpers: The adaptive significance of older, postdominant helpers in the Seychelles warbler

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2790-2800

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Direct benefits; Grandparent helpers; Indirect benefits; Kin selection; Microsatellite markers; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRDS;

COUSIN ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

AVES;

EID: 36549064653     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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