The relationship between egg size and helper number in cooperative breeders: a meta-analysis across species
Background Life history theory predicts that mothers should adjust reproductive investment depending on benefits of current reproduction and costs of reduced future reproductive success. These costs and benefits may in turn depend on the breeding female’s social environment. Cooperative breeders pro...
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/4028.pdf |