Helper contributions to antiparasite behavior in the cooperatively breeding bell miner

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 558-566

  Pacheco, María L ^a   McDonald, Paul G ^a,b   Wright, Jonathan ^c   Kazem, Anahita J N ^c   Clarke, Michael F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dipteran infestation; Helping at the nest; Parental care; Passeromyia; Signaling hypotheses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FLY; LARVA; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; SIGNALING;

AVES; DIPTERA; MANORINA MELANOPHRYS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 45349105000     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm163     Document Type: Article

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