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When cooperators cheat

Authors :
John M. Eadie
Andrew G. Zink
Source :
Nature. 567:34-35
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.

Abstract

A study of a cuckoo species that usually shows cooperative nesting behaviour, but sometimes cheats at parenthood by laying eggs in others’ nests, reveals the benefits that have shaped the evolution of this parasitic tactic. How a cheating tactic evolved in cooperatively breeding cuckoos.

Details

ISSN :
14764687 and 00280836
Volume :
567
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........95011c37f5fdcf31689969b57b1f2ed3
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00643-7