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Maternal Effects in Relation to Helper Presence in the Cooperatively Breeding Sociable Weaver

In egg laying species, breeding females may adjust the allocation of nutrients or other substances into eggs in order to maximise offspring or maternal fitness. Cooperatively breeding species offer a particularly interesting context in which to study maternal allocation because helpers create predic...

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Autores principales: Paquet, Matthieu, Covas, Rita, Chastel, Olivier, Parenteau, Charline, Doutrelant, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3607610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059336