Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder

Kin selection theory predicts that animals should direct costly care where inclusive fitness gains are highest. Individuals may achieve this by directing care at closer relatives, yet evidence for such discrimination in vertebrates is equivocal. We investigated patterns of cooperative care in banded...

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Autores principales: Vitikainen, Emma I. K., Marshall, Harry H., Thompson, Faye J., Sanderson, Jenni L., Bell, Matthew B. V., Gilchrist, Jason S., Hodge, Sarah J., Nichols, Hazel J., Cant, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
Materias:
Behaviour
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2384

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2384

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