Does cooperation increase helpers' later success as breeders? A test of the skills hypothesis in the cooperatively displaying lance-tailed manakin

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 884-893

  Duval, Emily H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroxiphia lanceolata; Cooperative breeding; Courtship display; Learning; Lek; Skills hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LEK; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

CHIROXIPHIA LANCEOLATA;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIRD; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84879174524     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12057     Document Type: Article

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