No evidence for deception over allocation to brood care in a cooperative bird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-81

  Young, C M ^a   Browning, L E ^a,b   Savage, J L ^b   Griffith, S C ^a,c   Russell, Andrew F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

cheating; cooperative breeding; false feeding; pay to stay; policing; signaling; social prestige

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIGNALING;

AVES; POMATOSTOMUS RUFICEPS;

EID: 84871221902     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars137     Document Type: Article

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