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Parental aggression against dependent young results in task partitioning in a cooperatively breeding bird

In cooperatively breeding species, helpers can alleviate reproductive constraints by assuming the role of primary carers to first-born young, liberating breeders to invest in subsequent broods. However, evidence on how first-born young are transferred to helpers is currently lacking. We propose that...

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Main Authors: Raihani, Nichola J, Ridley, Amanda R
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2412935/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18055412
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0507
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