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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...
Autores principales: | Brouwer, Lyanne, Richardson, David S., Komdeur, Jan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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