Monogamous dominant pairs monopolize reproduction in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-565

  Nelson Flower, Martha J ^a   Hockey, Phil A R ^a   O'Ryan, Colleen ^a   Raihani, Nichola J ^b   Du Plessis, Morné A ^a,c   Ridley, Amanda R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Worldwide Fund for Nature South Africa   (South Africa)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cooperative breeding; inbreeding; monogamy; pied babbler; reproductive skew; Turdoides bicolor

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; KIN SELECTION; LIMITING FACTOR; MONOGAMY; PASSERINE; SKEWNESS;

AVES; TIMALIIDAE; TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

EID: 79955378583     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr018     Document Type: Article

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