Margraf, NicolasCockburn, Andrew2015-12-100158-4197http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65499Cooperative 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 oKeywords: 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.Helping behaviour and parental care in fairy-wrens (Malurus)201310.1071/MU130012016-02-24