Animal cooperation: Context-specific helping benefits

In cooperatively breeding animals, much of the variation in the quantity of help provided by group members remains unexplained. A new study on an Australian songbird suggests we need to look to the context-specific benefits of helping for new insights. In cooperatively breeding animals, much of the...

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Published in:Current biology 2021-09, Vol.31 (18), p.R1082-R1084
Main Author: Kern, Julie M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Australia
Cooperative Behavior
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Summary:In cooperatively breeding animals, much of the variation in the quantity of help provided by group members remains unexplained. A new study on an Australian songbird suggests we need to look to the context-specific benefits of helping for new insights. In cooperatively breeding animals, much of the variation in the quantity of help provided by group members remains unexplained. A new study on an Australian songbird suggests we need to look to the context-specific benefits of helping for new insights.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.014