Brooding, provisioning, and compensatory care in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-190

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

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acorn woodpecker; compensation; compensatory care; cooperative breeding; helping behavior; load lightening; parental care

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; COMPENSATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; GROUP SIZE; HATCHING; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIPLE MATING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AVES; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS;

EID: 84555170584     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr172     Document Type: Article

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