Sibling cooperation influences the age of nest leaving in an altricial bird

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 775-786

  Keith Bowers, E ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of cooperation; Hatching asynchrony; House wren; Kin selection; Life history evolution; Nestling period; Sibling interactions; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FITNESS; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; NESTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SIBLING; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SIBLINGS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84877727914     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670244     Document Type: Article

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