Helping effort increases with relatedness in bell miners, but 'unrelated' helpers of both sexes still provide substantial care

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1680, 2010, Pages 437-445

  Wright, Jonathan ^a,d   McDonald, Paul G ^b,c,d   Te Marvelde, Luc ^c,e   Kazem, Anahita J N ^a   Bishop, Charles M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood demand; Helping at the nest; Kinship; Load size; Natal philopatry; Nest visit rate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHILOPATRY; RELATEDNESS;

MANORINA MELANOPHRYS;

EID: 76249115315     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1360     Document Type: Article

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