Complete reproductive skew within white-browed sparrow weaver groups despite outbreeding opportunities for subordinates of both sexes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1915-1929

  Harrison, Xavier A ^a,b   York, Jennifer E ^a   Cram, Dominic L ^a   Hares, Michelle C ^a   Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Inbreeding avoidance; Kin structure; Monogamy; Plocepasser mahali; Reproductive conflict

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HORMONE; IMMIGRATION; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; PLOCEPASSER MAHALI;

EID: 84887620535     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1599-1     Document Type: Article

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