The Evolution of Delayed Dispersal in Cooperative Breeders

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1981 • 20,191 citations

The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I

1964 • 15,639 citations

On aims and methods of Ethology

1963 • 4,190 citations

Adaptation and Natural Selection

2008 • 4,032 citations

The Evolution of Social Behavior

1974 • 3,803 citations

Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

1970 • 3,689 citations

On the Evolution of Mating Systems in Birds and Mammals

1969 • 1,528 citations

A model for the evolution of despotic versus egalitarian societies

1983 • 790 citations

Ecological Implications of Resource Depression

1976 • 676 citations

The ecology and evolution of extra-pair copulations in birds

1990 • 674 citations

Cooperative Breeding in Birds

1990 • 639 citations

Parental care and mating behaviour of polyandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis related to paternity by DNA fingerprinting

1989 • 517 citations

The Influence of Habitats on Mating Systems of North American Passerine Birds

1966 • 480 citations

Natal Philopatry Among Solitary Mammals

1983 • 432 citations

Avian Communal Breeding Systems

1978 • 371 citations

The Inheritance of Territory in Group-Breeding Birds

1978 • 305 citations

The Evolution of Eusociality

1984 • 286 citations

Territory Quality and Dispersal Options in the Acorn Woodpecker, and a Challenge to the Habitat-Saturation Model of Cooperative Breeding

1987 • 283 citations

Cooperative Hunting Harris' Hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus)

1988 • 275 citations

Optimal group size is unstable

1983 • 255 citations

Helpers in fish

1981 • 253 citations

The Life History of the Superb Blue WrenMalurus cyaneus

1965 • 252 citations

The levels of analysis

1988 • 247 citations

Helpers at the Nest

1935 • 237 citations

Sex ratio and habitat limitation promote delayed dispersal in superb fairy-wrens

1990 • 225 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATIVE BREEDING BY DELAYED RECIPROCITY AND QUEUING FOR FAVORABLE SOCIAL POSITIONS

1984 • 195 citations

Red-cockaded Woodpeckers: a ‘primitive’ cooperative breeder

1990 • 194 citations

Shared paternity revealed by genetic analysis in cooperatively breeding tropical wrens

1990 • 193 citations

Test of the Ecological Basis of Cooperative Breeding in Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers

1992 • 189 citations

A sentinel system in the Florida scrub jay

1989 • 170 citations

Alternative Models of Territorial Polygyny in Birds

1989 • 169 citations

Slow Learning of Foraging Skills and Extended Parental Care in Cooperatively Breeding White-Winged Choughs

1991 • 167 citations

Speciation in Wrens of the Genus Campylorhynchus

1966 • 161 citations

Two models for the evolution of polygyny

1977 • 151 citations

Family status and contributions to breeding by Florida scrub jays

1978 • 147 citations

Behavioral Heterochrony and the Evolution of Birds' Helping at the Nest: An Unselected Consequences of Communal Breeding?

1989 • 146 citations

How Fit are Floaters? Consequences of Alternative Territorial Behaviors in a Nonmigratory Sparrow

1989 • 142 citations

Communal breeding in green woodhoopoes as a case for reciprocity

1978 • 138 citations

Spacing and Survival in Winter Groups of Willow Tit Parus montanus and Crested Tit P. cristatus--A Removal Study

1981 • 136 citations

The relationship between ecology and the incidence of cooperative breeding in Australian birds

1988 • 125 citations

A test of alternate hypotheses for helping behavior in white-fronted bee-eaters of Kenya

1989 • 125 citations

Delayed Dispersal and Reproduction as a Life-History Tactic in Cooperative Breeders: Fitness Calculations from Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers

1992 • 123 citations

Acorn Harvesting by Florida Scrub Jays

1989 • 118 citations

Coupling Delayed Breeding with Short‐distance Dispersal in Cooperatively Breeding Birds

1990 • 117 citations

Reproductive Success, Group Size, and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker

1981 • 114 citations

Communally Breeding Australian Birds with an Analysis of Distributional and Environmental Factors

1980 • 105 citations

Co-operative Breeding—a Gondwanan Perspective

1989 • 104 citations

Inbreeding: Benefits may outweigh costs

1986 • 104 citations

Philopatry, Dispersal, and Habitat Saturation in the Banner‐Tailed Kanagaroo Rat, Dipodomys Spectabilis

1988 • 97 citations

Acorn Woodpeckers: group-living and food storage under contrasting ecological conditions

1990 • 96 citations

Parental facilitation: parent-offspring relations in communally breeding birds

1984 • 93 citations

Galápagos mockingbirds: territorial cooperative breeding in a climatically variable environment

1990 • 86 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF CO‐OPERATIVE BREEDING IN BIRDS

1975 • 84 citations

RESOURCES, PHILOPATRY, AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AMONG MAMMALS

1988 • 83 citations

The Social System of the Texas Green Jay

1986 • 77 citations

Flock, pair and group living lifestyles without cooperative breeding by Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen

1989 • 75 citations

The Exploitation System of the Yellow-Billed Magpie

1974 • 70 citations

Social class, socially-induced loss, recruitment and breeding of red grouse

1985 • 67 citations

Helpers at the Nest in Australian Passerine Birds

1969 • 66 citations

Avian cooperative breeding: Old hypotheses and new directions

1990 • 60 citations

Foraging, Delayed Maturation, and Advantages of Cooperative Breeding in White‐winged Choughs, Corcorax melanorhamphos

1988 • 58 citations

Poor Acorn Crop, Dominance, and Decline in Numbers of Acorn Woodpeckers

1987 • 51 citations

An Experimental Study of the Bases of Male Philopatry in the Cooperatively Breeding Superb Fairy‐Wren Malurus cyaneus

1991 • 48 citations

COOPERATIVE BREEDING OF THE NORTHWESTERN CROWCORVUS CAURINUSIN BRITISH COLUMBIA

1981 • 47 citations

An Extension of the Orians-Verner-Willson Model to Account for Mating Systems Besides Polygyny

1981 • 47 citations

Helpers‐at‐the‐nest in Carrion Crows Corvus corone corone

1990 • 46 citations

Are communal pukeko caught in the prisoner's dilemma?

1984 • 40 citations

Costs and Benefits of Joint Nesting in the Acorn Woodpecker

1988 • 37 citations

Demography and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in the Bicolored Wren, Campylorhynchus Griseus

1986 • 36 citations

Helpers at the nest in some Argentine blackbirds

1977 • 36 citations

Social Interactions in the Santa Cruz Island Scrub Jay

1980 • 29 citations

Kin selection and helpers at the nest: Effects of paternity and biparental care

1981 • 28 citations

Ecological Distribution of the Gray-Breasted Jay: The Role of Habitat

1986 • 24 citations

Acquisition of territories by floaters in cooperatively breeding purple gallinules

1987 • 20 citations

Effects of Age, Stand Density, and Fertilizer Application on Bear Oak Reproduction

1977 • 18 citations

An implication about human mating systems

1977 • 15 citations

Survival of Breeders in Santa Cruz Island and Mainland California Scrub Jay Populations

1990 • 14 citations

Union Aims and Methods

1989 • 14 citations