Climate and the Distribution of Cooperative Breeding in Mammals [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Cooperative breeding systems, in which non-breeding individuals provide care for the offspring of dominant group members, occur in less than 1% of mammals and are associated with social monogamy and the production of multiple offspring per birth ...
Tim Clutton-Brock, Dieter Lukas
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Cooperative breeding behaviors in the Hawaiian Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Cooperative breeding, which is commonly characterized by nonbreeding individuals that assist others with reproduction, is common in avian species. However, few accounts have been reported in Charadriiformes, particularly island‐nesting species.
Arleone Dibben‐Young +5 more
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A case of cooperative breeding in the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Cooperative breeding, where individuals other than the parents help to raise offspring, occurs in only ~9% of bird species. Although many starlings (Sturnidae) are cooperative breeders, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has rarely been observed ...
Hazel J. Nichols, Kevin Arbuckle
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What drives cooperative breeding? [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2017 Cooperative breeding, in which more than a pair of conspecifics cooperate to raise young at a single nest or brood, is widespread among vertebrates but highly variable in its geographic distribution.
Walter D Koenig
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Repeated evolution of cooperative breeding and life history traits in Lake Tanganyika cichlids [PDF]
Communications BiologyCooperative breeding is a social system where offspring receive care not only from their parents but also from other group members. The life history traits related to the evolutionary transition towards such complex systems are still poorly understood ...
Shun Satoh +13 more
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Family living sets the stage for cooperative breeding and ecological resilience in birds. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2017 Cooperative breeding is an extreme form of cooperation that evolved in a range of lineages, including arthropods, fish, birds, and mammals. Although cooperative breeding in birds is widespread and well-studied, the conditions that favored its evolution ...
Michael Griesser +3 more
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A Solution for the Shortage of Detection Dogs: A Detector Dog Center of Excellence and a Cooperative Breeding Program [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Currently, demand for US-bred and born detector dogs exceeds available supply, while reliance on foreign-bred sources introduces many unnecessary and unwanted risks. With proper management of a domestic supply line, U.S.
Eldin A. Leighton +6 more
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Reproductive skew in cooperative breeding: Environmental variability, antagonistic selection, choice, and control [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 A multitude of factors may determine reproductive skew among cooperative breeders. One explanation, derived from inclusive fitness theory, is that groups can partition reproduction such that subordinates do at least as well as noncooperative solitary ...
Peter Nonacs
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Breeding Behaviors and Kinship in the Endangered Hawaiian Stilt (Ae‘o; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the genetic underpinnings of cooperative and noncooperative breeding behaviors is critical for species of conservation concern. We investigated the genetic relatedness of Hawaiian Stilts (Aeʻo; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), a threatened ...
Melissa R. Price +7 more
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Adult Sex Ratios and Their Implications for Cooperative Breeding in Birds [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017 Sjouke A. Kingma +2 more
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