scholarly journals Cooperative breeding and the emergence of multilevel societies in birds

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ettore Camerlenghi ◽  
Alexandra McQueen ◽  
Kaspar Delhey ◽  
Carly N. Cook ◽  
Sjouke A. Kingma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Multilevel Societies

Cooperative breeding and the emergence of multilevel societies in birds

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ettore Camerlenghi ◽  
Alexandra McQueen ◽  
Kaspar Delhey ◽  
Carly N. Cook ◽  
Sjouke A. Kingma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Breeding Birds ◽  
Cooperatively Breeding ◽  
Multilevel Society ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Malurus Cyaneus ◽  
Multilevel Societies ◽  
Animal Societies

Multilevel societies (MLSs), where social levels are hierarchically nested within each other, are considered one of the most complex forms of animal societies. Although thought to mainly occur in mammals, it is suggested that MLSs could be under-detected in birds. Here we propose that the emergence of MLSs could be common in cooperatively breeding birds, as both systems are favoured by similar ecological and social drivers. We first investigate this proposition by systematically comparing evidence for multilevel social structure in cooperative and non-cooperative birds in Australia and New Zealand, global hotspots for cooperative breeding. We then analyse non-breeding social networks of cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) to reveal their structured multilevel society, with three hierarchical social levels that are stable across years. Our results confirm recent predictions that MLSs are likely to be widespread in birds and suggest that these societies could be particularly common in cooperatively breeding birds.

scholarly journals Cooperative breeding behaviors in the Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus knudseni )

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arleone Dibben‐Young ◽  
Kristen C. Harmon ◽  
Arianna Lunow‐Luke ◽  
Jessica L. Idle ◽  
Dain L. Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Himantopus Mexicanus

Cooperative Breeding in the Campo Flicker II

The Condor ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 855-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Igor Dias ◽  
Regina H. Macedo ◽  
Débora Goedert ◽  
Michael S. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding

scholarly journals Proactive prosociality in a cooperatively breeding corvid, the azure-winged magpie ( Cyanopica cyana )

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 20160649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Horn ◽  
Clara Scheer ◽  
Thomas Bugnyar ◽  
Jorg J. M. Massen
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Cooperatively Breeding ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Over Time

One of the contemporary hypotheses concerning the evolution of human altruism is the cooperative breeding hypothesis (CBH) which has recently been tested in non-human primates. Using a similar paradigm, we investigated prosociality in a cooperatively breeding corvid, the azure-winged magpie. We found that the magpies delivered food to their group members at high rates, and unlike other corvids, they did so without any cues provided by others. In two control conditions, the magpies stopped participating over time, indicating that they learned to discriminate prosocial tests from controls. Azure-winged magpies are thus the first birds that experimentally show proactive prosociality. Our findings are in line with the CBH; however, additional corvid species need to be tested in this promising paradigm.

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

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh A. Ford ◽  
Harry Bell ◽  
Ray Nias ◽  
Richard Noske
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
The Relationship

Short sketches from the long history of cooperative breeding in Australian birds

2002 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. J. Boland ◽  
Andrew Cockburn
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 160897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Lukas ◽  
Tim Clutton-Brock
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Breeding ◽  
Breeding Systems ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Alloparental Care ◽  
Arid Environments ◽  
Social Monogamy ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Group Members

Cooperative breeding systems, in which non-breeding individuals provide care for the offspring of dominant group members, occur in less than 1% of mammals and are associated with social monogamy and the production of multiple offspring per birth (polytocy). Here, we show that the distribution of alloparental care by non-breeding subordinates is associated with habitats where annual rainfall is low. A possible reason for this association is that the females of species found in arid environments are usually polytocous and this may have facilitated the evolution of alloparental care.

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