Task partitioning increases reproductive output in a cooperative bird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1136-1142

  Ridley, Amanda R ^a   Raihani, Nichola J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood overlap; Interbrood division; Pied babblers; Provisioning behavior; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; TIMALIIDAE; TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

EID: 56449113461     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn097     Document Type: Article

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