Fitness consequences of within-brood dominance in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2229-2238

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

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpecker; Cooperative breeding; Dominance; Helping at the nest; Melanerpes formicivorus; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; FLEDGING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SKEWNESS; SURVIVORSHIP;

AVES; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS;

EID: 80955144441     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1231-1     Document Type: Article

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