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Publikováno v:
Ethology. 87:134-148
Social units of the cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus consist of either a simple male-female pair or a pair plus one or more additional birds, usually males. Early work on this species led to the conclusion that females were le
Autor:
Sandra H. Ligon, J. David Ligon
Publikováno v:
The Auk. 107:765-771
In a population of Green Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus) in the Rift Valley of Kenya, food abundance and breeding success varied greatly as a result of highly unpredictable patterns and abundance of rainfall. A given pair of woodhoopoes may breed
Autor:
Marlene Zuk, Randy Thornhill, J. David Ligon, Kristine Johnson, Steven Austad, Sandra H. Ligon, Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill, Colleen Costin
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The American Naturalist. 136:459-473
Mate-choice experiments allowing a female red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) to choose between two roosters showed female preferences for several male secondary sex characters. In 1987, male comb length was most strongly related to mating success, with
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Sandra H. Ligon, J. David Ligon
Publikováno v:
Scientific American. 247:126-134
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The Auk. 105:123-127
Cooperative breeding in birds generally is related to a critical resource. A critical limiting factor for the Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is the availability of roost cavities. Although predation at roost holes is the major source of mor
Autor:
J. David Ligon, Sandra H. Ligon
Publikováno v:
Animal Behaviour. 31:480-489
Green woodhoopoes ( Phoeniculus purpureus ) exhibit behaviours that appear to meet all the criteria of reciprocity. In this species social units typically are composed of one breeding pair plus a variable number of helpers. A helper (X) that feeds ne
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Sandra H. Ligon, J. David Ligon
Publikováno v:
Nature. 276:496-498
RECIPROCITY1, or reciprocal altruism2, and kin selection3 are concepts basic to sociobiology. Although both theories have been widely accepted4, little critical evidence exists for either5,6. Communal, or cooperatively breeding, birds are important o
Autor:
Sandra H. Ligon
Publikováno v:
Journal of Mammalogy. 57:580-582
Autor:
Sandra H. Ligon, J. David Ligon
Publikováno v:
Nature. 280:174-174