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Most cooperative breeders live in discrete family groups, but in a minority, breeding populations comprise extended social networks of conspecifics that vary in relatedness. Selection for effective kin recognition may be...

acoustics call similarity cooperative breeding kin discrimination kin recognition Animal Communication Animals Auditory Perception Cooperative Behavior Cues Decision Making Helping Behavior Male Nesting Behavior Songbirds

Conflict cooperation eviction kin discrimination kin selection Aggression Animals Behavior Animal Conflict Psychological Cooperative Behavior Dominance-Subordination Family Female game theory Herpestidae Inbreeding Male Reproduction Social Behavior

Interacting with relatives provides opportunities for fitness benefits via kin-selected cooperation, but also creates potential costs through kin competition and inbreeding. Therefore, a mechanism for the discrimination of kin...

Ecology and Evolution kin discrimination kin recognition cooperation Familiarity social birds