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HIPHOP: Improved paternity assignment among close relatives using a simple exclusion method for biallelic markers Molecular Ecology Resources, 2021 (Ref: 16795)
Authors:
Cockburn A.Penalba J.V.Jaccoud D.Kilian A.Brouwer L.Double M.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Can we measure the benefits of help in cooperatively breeding birds: the case of superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus? Journal of Animal Ecology, 2008 (Ref: 13320)
Authors:
Cockburn A.Sims R.A.Osmond H.L.Green D.J.Double M.C.Mulder R.A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

1. Correlational studies of reproductive success are plagued by difficulty over the direction of … causation. For example, improved reproductive success with age can result from increased … experience or reproductive effort, or selection against low-quality phenotypes that survive poorly.

Swingin' in the rain: condition dependence and sexual selection in a capricious world Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2008 (Ref: 13291)
Authors:
Cockburn A.Osmond H.L.Double M.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Signals used in mate attraction are predicted to be highly condition dependent, and thus should be … sensitive to environmental contributions to condition. However, the effects of temporal fluctuations in the … environment on sexual selection in long-lived animals have been largely ignored.

Cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens show no facultative manipulation of offspring sex ratio despite plausible benefits Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 2008 (Ref: 13290)
Authors:
Cockburn A.Double M.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

We report a long-term study of offspring sex … ratios in the cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wren … Malurus cyaneus. Detailed study of this species had … revealed a suite of potentially strong selection pressures … on the sex ratio. First…

Demography of male reproductive queues in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus Journal of Animal Ecology, 2008 (Ref: 13289)
Authors:
Cockburn A.Osmond H.L.Mulder R.A.Double M.C.Green D.J.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

1. Subordinate helpers in cooperative societies may gain both immediate and future benefits, including paternity and territorial inheritance. However, if such opportunities correlate with rank … in the queue, it is unclear why such queues should be stable. 2.

Austrochlamys heardensis (Fleming, 1957) (Bivalvia:Pectinidae) from Central Kerguelen Plateau, Indian Ocean: palaeontology and possible tectonic significance. Antarctic Science, 2004 (Ref: 12167)
Authors:
Quilty P.G.Murray-Wallace C.V.Whitehead J.M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Abstract: Austrochlamys heardensis (Fleming) is recorded from a boulder of Late Pliocene (3.62–2.5 Ma) volcaniclastic sandstone dredged 70 km east-north-east of Heard Island, the third record of the species.

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