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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)
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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.

Demography of male reproductive queues in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens Malurus cyaneus Journal of Animal Ecology, 2008 (Ref: 13289)
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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.

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