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Helpers at the Nest Improve Late-Life Offspring Performance: Evidence from a Long-Term Study and a Cross-Foster Experiment

BACKGROUND: Conditions during an individual's rearing period can have far reaching consequences for its survival and reproduction later in life. Conditions typically vary due to variation in parental quality and/or the environment, but in cooperative breeders the presence of helpers adds an imp...

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Autores principales: Brouwer, Lyanne, Richardson, David S., Komdeur, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3319544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22496744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033167