What drives cooperative breeding?
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. Particularly vexing has been identifying the ecological correlates of this phenomenon, which has bee...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5500359?pdf=render |