The Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird
Ornithological ApplicationsPublished 1 February 1986
Marcy F. Lawton, Glen E. Woolfenden, John W. Fitzpatrick
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It is found that habitat restraints, rather than kin selection, are the main source of the behavior of Florida Scrub Jays: the goal of increasing the number of close relatives other than descendants in future generations is of relatively minor importance in their cooperative-breeding behavior.
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Marcy F. Lawton; The Florida Scrub Jay: demography of a cooperative breeding bird, The Condor: Ornithological Applications, Volume 88, Issue 1, 1 February
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Agricultural and Biological SciencesEnvironmental Science