ArticleBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Helpers don't help when it's hot in a cooperatively breeding bird, the Southern Pied Babbler.
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- Behavioural responses to heat in an arid-zone bird vary with thermal, hygric and social factors.Oecologia · 2026Article
- An Experimental Test of Central Place Foraging Theory in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Cooperative breeding does not mitigate declines in offspring care with cool and wet conditions in a temperate Australian songbird.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- The role of plumage and heat dissipation areas in thermoregulation in doves.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- High temperatures are associated with reduced cognitive performance in wild southern pied babblers.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Helpers don't help when it's hot in a cooperatively breeding bird, the Southern Pied Babbler.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Cooperative breeding, where more than two individuals invest in rearing a single brood, occurs in many bird species globally and often contributes to improved breeding outcomes. However, high temperatures are associated with poor breeding outcomes in many species, including cooperative species. We used data collected over three austral summer breeding seasons to investigate the contribution that helpers make to daytime incubation in a cooperatively breeding species, the Southern Pied Babbler
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