Kin selection, not group augmentation, predicts helping in an obligate cooperatively breeding bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1743, 2012, Pages 3861-3869

  Browning, L E ^a,b   Patrick, S C ^c   Rollins, L A ^d   Griffith, S C ^d   Russell, A F ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Helper effects; Inclusive fitness; Kin discrimination; Plural breeder; Provisioning effort

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; KIN SELECTION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

EID: 84864910085     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1080     Document Type: Article

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