Individual variation explains ageing patterns in a cooperatively breeding bird, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus
1. Alloparental care in cooperatively-breeding species may alter breeder age-specific survival and reproduction, and subsequently senescence. The helping behaviour itself might also undergo age-related change, and decisions to help in facultative cooperative breeders are likely to be affected by ind...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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British Ecological Society
2022
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