Variable fledging age according to group size: Trade-offs in a cooperatively breeding bird

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 624-627

  Raihani, N J ^a   Ridley, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fledging age; Group size; Nestling development; Pied babbler; Predation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COOPERATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SONGBIRD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 38449091554     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0435     Document Type: Article

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