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Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records
Cooperative breeding is generally associated with increased philopatry and sedentariness, presumably because short-distance dispersal facilitates the maintenance of kin groups. There are, however, few data on long-distance dispersal in cooperative breeders—the variable likely to be important for gen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058624 |
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author | Rusk, Caroline L. Walters, Eric L. Koenig, Walter D. |
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description | Cooperative breeding is generally associated with increased philopatry and sedentariness, presumably because short-distance dispersal facilitates the maintenance of kin groups. There are, however, few data on long-distance dispersal in cooperative breeders—the variable likely to be important for genetic diversification and speciation. We tested the hypothesis that cooperative breeders are less likely to engage in long-distance dispersal events by comparing records of vagrants outside their normal geographic range for matched pairs (cooperatively vs. non-cooperatively breeding) of North American species of birds. Results failed to support the hypothesis of reduced long-distance dispersal among cooperative breeders. Thus, our results counter the conclusion that the lower rate of speciation among cooperative breeding taxa found in recent analyses is a consequence of reduced vagility. |
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spelling | pubmed-35977342013-03-20 Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records Rusk, Caroline L. Walters, Eric L. Koenig, Walter D. PLoS One Research Article Cooperative breeding is generally associated with increased philopatry and sedentariness, presumably because short-distance dispersal facilitates the maintenance of kin groups. There are, however, few data on long-distance dispersal in cooperative breeders—the variable likely to be important for genetic diversification and speciation. We tested the hypothesis that cooperative breeders are less likely to engage in long-distance dispersal events by comparing records of vagrants outside their normal geographic range for matched pairs (cooperatively vs. non-cooperatively breeding) of North American species of birds. Results failed to support the hypothesis of reduced long-distance dispersal among cooperative breeders. Thus, our results counter the conclusion that the lower rate of speciation among cooperative breeding taxa found in recent analyses is a consequence of reduced vagility. Public Library of Science 2013-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3597734/ /pubmed/23516519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058624 Text en © 2013 Rusk et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rusk, Caroline L. Walters, Eric L. Koenig, Walter D. Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records |
title | Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records |
title_full | Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records |
title_fullStr | Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records |
title_full_unstemmed | Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records |
title_short | Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records |
title_sort | cooperative breeding and long-distance dispersal: a test using vagrant records |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058624 |
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