Subordinate superb fairy-wrens ( Malurus cyaneus) parasitize the reproductive success of attractive dominant males

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2003

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Double, Michael
Cockburn, Andrew

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Royal Society of London

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Explanations of cooperative breeding have largely focused on the indirect benefits philopatric offspring gain from investing in kin. However, recent molecular studies have revealed that in many species subordinates provision unrelated offspring. This has

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Keywords: cooperative breeding; extra-pair copulation; mate choice; passerine; reproductive success; article; bird; controlled study; dominance behavior; female; genotype; illegitimacy; male; mating; nonhuman; paternity; priority journal; progeny; reproduction; sex Avian mating systems; Extra-pair copulation; Hidden leks; Malurus cyaneus; Mate choice; Sexual selection

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72048

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ANU Research Publications

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences

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10.1098/rspb.2002.2261

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