Ecological and demographic correlates of helping behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 486-494

  Hatchwell, Ben J ^a   Sharp, Stuart P ^b   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a   Meade, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Demography; Ecological constraints; Kin selection; Kinship; Nest predation; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; NEST PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; ECOSYSTEM; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; NEST PREDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SONGBIRD; TIME;

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; NEST PREDATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84873987400     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12017     Document Type: Article

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