Reproductive success depends on the quality of helpers in the endangered, cooperative El Oro parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2011-2027

  Klauke, Nadine ^a   Segelbacher, Gernot ^a   Schaefer, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cooperative breeding; helping behaviour; heterozygosity; individual quality; microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; CLUTCH SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; PARAKEET; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARAKEETS; REPRODUCTION;

PSITTACIDAE; PYRRHURA ORCESI;

EID: 84875365526     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12219     Document Type: Article

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