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Behavioral ecology

a breeding system in which individuals help raise offspring that are not their own, often because ecological constraints block independent breeding.

In behavioral ecology, cooperative breeding refers to a breeding system in which individuals help raise offspring that are not their own, often because ecological constraints block independent breeding. This meaning comes from Emlen (1982) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Emlen, S. T. (1982). The Evolution of Helping. I. An Ecological Constraints Model. The American Naturalist, 119(1), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1086/283888

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