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Adult helpers increase the recruitment of closely related offspring in the cooperatively breeding rifleman

Indirect fitness benefits gained through kin-selected helping are widely invoked to explain the evolution of cooperative breeding behavior in birds. However, the impact of helpers on productivity of helped broods can be difficult to determine if the effects are confounded by territory quality or if...

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Autores principales: Preston, Stephanie A.J., Briskie, James V., Hatchwell, Ben J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5181526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28028377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw087