Phylogenetic and ecological aspects of cooperative breeding in the bee-eaters (Aves Meropidae)

Cooperative breeding (CB) is found in a wide diversity of avian lineages and can be explained at several levels of analysis. After a brief introduction to the theory explaining CB, I take an historical approach to examine CB evolution in the bee-eaters (Family Meropidae). Parsimony analyses of pluma...

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Main Author:	Burt, Donald Brent (Author)
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor Michigan UMI Company [1997]
Subjects:	Biology, Ecology. Biology, Zoology.
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