Helpers and egg investment in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: Testing the concealed helper effects hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1659-1665

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Walters, Eric L ^b   Haydock, Joseph ^c  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Concealed helper effects; Cooperative breeding; Egg investment; Egg size

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; EUSOCIALITY; FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS;

EID: 77952672610     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0773-y     Document Type: Article

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