Variable helper effects, ecological conditions, and the evolution of cooperative breeding in the acorn woodpecker

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-158

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

^a Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Experience effects; Food supply; Helping behavior; Melanerpes formicivorus; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT QUALITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; SEED; TERRITORY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COOPERATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

AVES; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS;

EID: 79960280307     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660832     Document Type: Article

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