Behavioural ecology: hidden benefits revealed.
In the cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wren, helpers have negligible effect on breeding success. So why help? The answer is hidden in the size of the eggs.
Griffin
Ashleigh
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. a.griffin@ed.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D008297:Male; D009425:Nesting Behavior; D020308:Songbirds / Q000502:physiology*