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Joint care can outweigh costs of nonkin competition in communal breeders

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  • Kat Bebbington
  • Eleanor A Fairfield
  • Lewis G Spurgin
  • Sjouke A Kingma
  • Hannah Dugdale
  • Jan Komdeur
  • David S Richardson
  • Anna LindholmHandling editor

Abstract

Parents who raise their nestling in a communal nest alongside the nestling of other parents can reduce costly competition between offspring by providing more food. In the Seychelles warbler, we show that nestlings raised with a sibling have lower mass and survival than those raised alone, whereas nestlings raised with a nonsibling do not suffer these costs. Our results suggest that increased food provisioning can reduce competition among nonsiblings and facilitate the evolution of joint-nesting.

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  • Kat Bebbington & Eleanor A Fairfield & Lewis G Spurgin & Sjouke A Kingma & Hannah Dugdale & Jan Komdeur & David S Richardson & Anna LindholmHandling editor, 2018. "Joint care can outweigh costs of nonkin competition in communal breeders," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(1), pages 169-178.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:1:p:169-178.
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