Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings

Dries Van de Loock; Laurence Cousseau; Beate Apfelbeck; Mwangi Githiru; Luc Lens; Erik Matthysen

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.01.013

Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings

Dries Van de Loock, Laurence Cousseau^*, Beate Apfelbeck, Mwangi Githiru, Luc Lens, Erik Matthysen

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-116
Number of pages	10
Journal	Animal Behaviour
Volume	198
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.01.013
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

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Keywords

additive strategy
cooperative breeding
egg size
feeding rate
load-lightening strategy
placid greenbul
social factor
tropical forest

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106 Biology

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