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

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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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2037-12-31