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Helping behaviour and parental care in fairy-wrens (Malurus)

Date

Authors

Margraf, Nicolas

Cockburn, Andrew

Publisher

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

Abstract

Cooperative breeding among birds was first discovered in the genus Malurus (Maluridae), the fairy-wrens. Cooperative care arises because male, and sometimes female, offspring remain in their natal territory and help the adults rear offspring. Early uses o

Keywords

Keywords: adult; altruism; behavioral ecology; cooperative behavior; copulation; fitness; helping behavior; parental care; passerine; sexual conflict cooperative breeding; extra-pair copulation; helper at the nest; kin altruism; Maluridae; sexual conflict.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65499

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Emu

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1071/MU13001

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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