Environmental stability and the evolution of cooperative breeding in hornbills

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a   Tobias, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Climate; Comparative analysis; Cooperation; Ecological traits; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DATA SET; FRUGIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; PASSERI;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CLIMATE; COOPERATION; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CLIMATE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84890825460     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1297     Document Type: Article

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