Helping behaviour and parental care in fairy-wrens (Malurus)
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2013
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Margraf, Nicolas
Cockburn, Andrew
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Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
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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
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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.
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