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Family ties in a neotropical cooperative breeder: within-group relatedness and fine-scale genetic structure in the greyish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)

Juan Manuel Rojas Ripari, Auteur ; Leonardo Campagna, Auteur ; Bettina Mahler, Auteur ; Irby Lovette, Auteur ; Juan Carlos Reboreda, Auteur ; María Cecilia De Mársico, Auteur

Dans Ibis (165(2) February, 2023)

Cooperative breeding is a reproductive system in which one or more adults (helpers) assist others in rearing their offspring. Cooperative breeding occurs in 9% of birds, encompassing remarkable variation in mating systems and patterns of social [...]

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To pluck or not to pluck: scientific methodologies should be carefully chosen, not one size fits all'

Todd E. Katzner, Auteur ; Maria Wheeler, Auteur ; Juan Jose Negro, Auteur ; Yula Kapetanakos, Auteur ; J. Andrew DeWoody, Auteur ; Marton Horvath, Auteur ; Irby Lovette, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (43(1) JAN 2012)

McDonald and Griffith (2011) raise important points in their critique of reliance on feathers as a source of DNA for scientific research. Although those authors are right about many details, their one-size-fits all approach (i.e. prescribing blo[...]

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