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acorn crop, 79 , 87 , 90 , 92 , 219 , 226 – 228 , 230 – 232 , 232t13.4 acorn woodpecker, 20 , 73 , 190 , 217 – 234 , 263 , 268 , 356 , 359 , 361 , 365t20.1 , 368 Acridotheres tristis. See common myna Acrocephalus melanopogon. See moustached warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis. See Seychelles warbler adaptive delayed dispersal hypothesis, 362 additive care, 158 Aegithalos caudatus. See long-tailed tit African lion, 224 alarm calling, 28 , 42 , 44 , 126 , 127 , 161 , 187 , 268 , 305 Allee eff ect, 325 , 326 allolactation, 302 , 304 , 305 , 328 Aphelocoma californica. See western scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens. See Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma insularis. See island scrub-jay Aphelocoma wollweberi. See Mexican jay Arabian babbler, 7 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 168 aridity food distribution hypothesis, 344 , 366t20.1 , 369 Australian magpie, 128 auxiliary. See helper

babysitting, 301f17.9 , 302 , 303f17.10 , 305 , 307 , 325 , 326 , 326f18.5 , 327 , 327f18.6 , 367 banded mongoose, 295 , 304 , 318 – 334 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 359 , 366t20.1 , 367 , 368 Bateman gradient, 23 begging, 106 , 118 , 124 , 126 , 142 , 168 , 169 , 171 , 252f14.10 , 304 , 308 behavioral syndrome, 83 bell miner, 165 – 178 , 361 , 365t20.1 , 368 benefi ts of philopatry,17 , 20 , 72 , 100 , 161 , 162 , 201 , 203 , 254 , 280 , 362 , 367 – 369 bet-hedging, 191 – 192 , 232 , 365t20.1 , 368 birth synchrony, 319 , 328 – 329 blue jay, 79

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bomas, 184 Damaraland mole-rat, 338 – 349 , 356 , 368 broad constraints hypothesis, 362 dawn chorus, 34 , 139 , 140 , 141 brood parasitism, 110 – 111 , 191 , 263 delayed extra-pair benefi ts hypothesis, 33 , 35 , 355 intraspecifi c, 45 , 263 density dependence, 50 , 137 , 297 budding . See territorial budding dispersal, 14 bushtit, 40 aridity and, 344 breeding, 219 cancer, resistance to, 349 delayed, 26 – 27 , 28 – 30 , 99 – 101 , 124 , 160 – 163 , 233 , 251 – 253 , Cape mole-rat, 347 280 – 282 , 308 , 361 – 370 Caracopsis vasa. See greater vasa parrot family group formation and, 23 – 25 carrion crow, 97 – 111 , 360 , 365t20.1 fi tness benefi ts, 85 – 86 caste determination, 343 fi tness costs, 119 – 121 , 146 , 343 Ceryle rudis. See pied kingfi sher habitat quality and, 63 chain gang, 304 long-distance, 71 chestnut-crowned babbler, 150 – 163 , 354 , 356 , 361 , natal, 9 – 10 , 211 – 212 365t20.1 , 369 parental wealth and, 28 , 100 cichlid fi shes, 272 – 288 parents and, 30 Clamator glandarius. See great spotted cuckoo sex-biased, 99 , 119 , 202 , 332 climate change disperser morph, 343 demography and, 141 division of labor, 3 , 81 , 107 , 122 , 274 , 279 , 338 , 343 , 345 , egg-laying date and, 64 347 , 348 helpers and, 137 divorce, 41 , 43 , 50 , 79 , 140 , 169 , 188 , 193 reproductive investment and, 128 dominance coalitions, 51 , 80 , 117 , 120 , 155 , 222 , 223 , 225 , 230 , 262 , 298 , relationships, 65 , 102 – 104 321 , 332 within-brood, 11 , 16 , 17 cobreeding, 71 , 201 , 203 , 219 , 220 , 223 , 224 , 359 , 360 dunnock, 3 , 139 , 223 collective action problem, 251 dwarf mongoose, 319 , 332 coloniality, 162 , 165 , 274 , 354 common mole-rat, 344 eastern bluebird, 20 common myna, 181 ecological constraints, 7 , 11 , 16 , 27 , 51 , 100 , 146 , 161 , 162 , 190 , communal nesting. See joint-nesting 201 , 203 , 230 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 282 , 344 , 361 , 363 , 364 – 367 , communal roosting, 48 , 49 , 365t20.1 368 – 369 concealed helper eff ects, 108 , 142 , 227 , 361 egg destruction, 220 , 264 – 265 , 267 , 285 , 287 conservation and behavioral ecology, 72 Egg destruction, 246 cooperative polygamy, 218 , 354 , 356 El Niño, 185 copulation behavior, 22 , 40 , 64 , 139 – 140 , 221 , 223 , 302 environmental variability, 127 – 129 , 182 , 190 – 193 , 219 , Corcorax melanorhamphos. See white-winged chough 253 , 368 corvid radiation, 111 epideictic display, 217 Corvus ( corone) cornix. See hooded crow escorting, 319 , 325 , 326 , 333 Corvus ( corone) corone. See carrion crow European jay, 14 Corvus corax. See raven European starling, 230 coterie, 165 , 365t20.1 eusociality, 338 , 343 , 356 , 369 Cracticus tibicen. See Australian magpie eviction, 301 , 321 – 323 , 329 – 330 , 331 , 334 Crotophaga ani. See smooth-billed ani extinction rate, and group size, 123 Crotophaga major. See greater ani extra-group paternity, 23 , 32 – 33 , 45 , 48 , 64 , 104 , 138 – 139 , Crotophaga sulcirostris. See groove-billed ani 144 , 154 , 187 – 188 , 193 , 201 , 222 , 239 , 263 , 285 , 298 , 324 , Cryptomys hottentotus. See common mole-rat 354 – 355 , 357 , 359 , 361 , 370 cultural transmission, 319 , 327 – 328 relatedness and, 204 Cyanocitta cristata. See blue jay extra-pair paternity. See extra-group paternity

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false feeding, 106 – 107 , 156 , 167 – 168 , 304 nonadaptive, 92 , 173 , 361 family-group living, 6 , 102 patterns of, 156 – 158 , 187 , 251 , 277 fl exible parenting, 371 predation risk and, 281 , 281f16.2. fl oaters, 7 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 120 , 160 , 161 , 201 , 211 , 364 , 370 primary and secondary, 357 Florida scrub-jay, 29 , 30 , 77 – 93 , 354 , 365t20.1 , 366 , 371 proximate factors and, 54 foray behavior, 71 , 138 , 220 , 282 redirected, 20 , 32 , 39 – 55 Fukomys damarensis. See Damaraland mole-rat sex diff erences, 212 – 213 , 226 , 303 , 304 future direct fi tness, 358 signal-based, 159 – 160 , 167 – 171 synchronized, 244 Galápagos mockingbird, 20 types of, 302 – 305 , 356 – 358 Garrulus glandarius. See European jay Heterocephalus glaber. See naked mole-rat genetic homozygosity, 324 hidden lek, 139 Georychus capensis. See Cape mole-rat Hildebrandt’s starling, 184 , 185 granary, 73 , 223 hooded crow, 14 , 98 grandparent helpers, 203 hopeful breeders, 222 , 358 great spotted cuckoo, 110 hormones, 83 – 84 , 287 – 288 great tit, 169 dominance and, 298 greater ani, 258 , 267 , 268 helping and, 66 , 228 – 230 , 307 – 308 greater blue-eared glossy starling, 184 , 185 reproductive suppression and, 309 greater vasa parrot, 354 sociality and, 347 – 348 grey-capped social weaver, 354 , 368 groove-billed ani, 258 , 263 ideal-free distribution, 29 , 369 group augmentation, 159 , 160 , 166 , 171 – 173 , 208 , 228 , 253 , inbreeding depression, 307 283 , 361 , 367 incest, 223 , 262 , 302 , 321 , 323 , 346 , 356 , 359 group selection, 177 homozygosity and, 356 group size eff ects, 361 incest avoidance, 64 , 65 , 81 – 82 , 117 , 140 , 143 , 212 , 220 , groups, non-kin, 239 , 268 222 – 223 , 268 , 302 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 355 – 356 , 357 , 358 , guira cuckoo, 257 – 269 , 366t20.1 359 , 360 Guira guira. See guira cuckoo indeterminate growth, 275 Indian (jungle) babbler, 115 habitat saturation, 27 , 51 , 72 , 161 , 202 , 230 , 232 , 233 , 253 , 254 , infanticide, 265 – 266 , 267 , 268 , 297 , 308 , 309 , 325 , 328 – 329 , 261 , 268 , 281 , 364 , 366t20.1 333 , 334 Hamilton’s rule, 3 , 4 , 31 , 33 , 35 , 143 inheritance haplodiploidy, 346 breeding position, 64 , 359 hard life hypothesis, 162 – 163 , 227 , 232 , 367 , 368 delayed dispersal and, 232 harem polygyny, 275 territory, 65 , 136 , 207 – 208 , 232 , 280 hatching asynchrony, 66 , 247 , 248 insider-outsider confl ict theory, 238 , 244 – 246 , 254 Helogale parvula. See dwarf mongoose island scrub-jay, 78 , 92 helping age-related, 85 joint-nesting, 104 , 211 , 220 , 238 , 246 – 247 , 257 , 258 , 262 , 264 audience eff ects, 168 fi tness benefi ts, 278 – 279 fi tness benefi ts, 31 – 33 , 45 – 50 , 68 – 69 , 82 – 83 , 108 , 121 – 125 , fi tness costs, 267 141 – 143 , 145 – 146 , 158 – 159 , 203 – 208 , 226 – 228 , 278 – 279 , Julidochromis ornatus, 273 309 – 312 , 325 – 326 , 333 fi tness costs, 50 – 51 , 105 , 205 , 278 , 311 , 327 , 361 kidnapping, 123 – 125 , 125f7.11 , 319 , 325 , 359 , 365t20.1 , 368 grandparent, 203 kin discrimination. See kin recognition heritability of, 34 kin neighborhoods, 25 juvenile, 26 kin recognition, 33 – 35 , 44 – 45 , 64 , 125 – 126 , 155 , 158 , 159 , 167 , kin-directed, 43 – 44 , 51 – 52 , 370 173 – 176 , 177f10.6 , 186 – 187 , 204 , 205 , 361

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kin selection, 43 , 159 , 176 – 178 , 284 – 285 , 311 mountain bluebird, 20 kin structure, 51 – 52 , 54 , 102 , 162 , 186 , 345 moustached warbler, 354 Kinder egg problem, 327 Mungos mungo. See banded mongoose kinship index, 49 naked mole-rat, 73 , 107 , 298 , 338 – 349 , 354 , 355 , 359 , Lamprologus brichardi. SeeNeolamprologus pulcher 366t20.1 , 368 Lamprotornis chalybaeus. See greater blue-eared glossy Neolamprologus pulcher, 273 – 288 , 354 , 361 , 366t20.1 , 370 starling Neolamprologus savoryi, 276f16.1 , 281 Lamprotornis hildebrandti. See Hildebrandt’s starling nepotism, 15 – 16 , 20 , 27 – 28 , 49 , 86 , 102 – 104 , 161 , 311 , 365t20.1 , Lamprotornis superbus. See superb starling 367 , 369 lazy helpers, 107 , 129 , 311 , 361 nest cavity excavation, 59 , 230 levels of analysis, 362 nest predation, 14 , 60 , 186 , 241 – 243 , 265 life-history hypothesis, 361 nest sanitation, 107 load-lightening, 31 , 47 – 48 , 108 , 142 , 146 , 158 , 279 – 280 , nestling parasitism, 171 284 , 360 nocturnal incubation, 118 , 247 , 248 , 251 local resource enhancement, 65 long-tailed tit, 34 , 39 – 55 , 125 , 158 , 162 , 177f10.6 , 354 , 355 , 357 , obligate cooperative breeding, 173 , 187 , 273 , 302 , 368 , 369 361 , 365t20.1 , 370 optimal group size, 122 long-term studies, 2 , 4 , 134 , 198 , 354 , 363 , 370 , 371 Panthero leo. See African lion magpie, 14 parental facilitation, 367 making the best of a bad job, 32 , 71 , 93 , 100 , 145 , 232 , 238 , 363 paternity switching, 222 , 222t13.2 , 356 making the worst of a good job, 145 pay-to-stay, 49 , 126 , 159 , 160 , 166 , 168 , 169 , 208 , 228 , 233 , 274 , Malurus coronatus. See purple-crowned fairy-wren 282 , 283 , 301 , 311 , 361 Malurus cyaneus. See superb fairy-wren Perisoreus infaustus. See Siberian jay Malurus elegans. See red-winged fairy-wren personality, 274 , 285 – 286 Malurus splendens. See splendid fairy-wren Philetairus socius. See sociable weaver Manorina melanophrys. See bell miner Phorandendron villosum. See mistletoe marginal habitat hypothesis, 30 , 366 phylogenetic inertia hypothesis, 363 mast-fruiting, 92 , 219 Pica pica. See magpie mate guarding, 22 , 66 , 188 , 220 , 222 , 299 , 331 Picoides borealis. See red-cockaded woodpecker maternal eff ects, 23 , 108 – 109 , 266 – 267 , 287 pied babbler. See southern pied babbler mate-sharing. See cobreeding pied kingfi sher, 169 , 357 , 358 mate-switching. See divorce pine nut crop, 92 meerkat, 105 , 116 , 205 , 294 – 312 , 319 , 332 , 356 , 357 , pine vole, 73 366t20.1 , 368 plural breeding, 152 – 153 , 155 , 184 , 189 , 192 , 193 , 238 , 258 , 328 , Melanerpes formicivorus. See acorn woodpecker 345 , 354 Merops bullockoides. See white-fronted bee-eater polyandry, 104 , 139 , 143 , 154 , 155 , 263 Mexican jay, 78 , 91 polygynandry, 218 , 222 , 233 , 263 Michener’s paradox, 192 polygyny, harem, 275 Microtus pinetorum. See pine vole Pomatostomus rufi ceps. See chestnut-crowned babbler Mimus parvulus. See Galá pagos mockingbird population structure, 65 , 280 , 320 , 323 , 331 mistletoe, 21 – 22 , 364 population viscosity, 102 , 173 – 176 , 177f10.6 , 331 dispersal and, 28 – 31 power struggles, 222 – 223 , 230 mixed-species fl ocks, 61 prolonged brood care hypothesis, 27 mobbing, 42 , 108 , 126 , 242 , 305 provisioning. See helping monogamy, 8 , 64 , 79 , 81 , 138 , 154 , 169 , 187 , 199 , 201 , 238 , Prunella modularis. See dunnock 263 , 344 Psaltria exilis. See pygmy tit monogamy hypothesis, 33 , 312 , 333 , 355 Psaltriparus minimus. See bushtit

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Pseudonigrita arnudi. See grey-capped social weaver smooth-billed ani, 258 , 263 , 267 , 268 pseudopregnancy, 328 sociable weaver, 162 , 368 pseudoreciprocity, 68 social competence, 287 purple-crowned fairy-wren, 145 , 146 social confl ict, and ecological conditions, 248 pygmy tit, 40 social conquest hypothesis, 254 social learning, 327 – 328 raven, 14 social prestige, 126 , 159 , 166 , 361 reaction norm, 177 , 177f10.6 socially produced benefi ts, 240 , 253 , 254 , 367 reciprocity, 48 , 228 , 274 , 282 – 283 , 285 , 311 , 361 southern pied babbler, 7 , 115 – 130 , 224 , 325 , 332 , 356 , 357 , red-cockaded woodpecker, 58 – 74 , 224 , 226 , 230 , 354 , 361 , 364 , 359 , 365t20.1, 367 , 368 365t20.1 splendid fairy-wren, 134 , 146 red-winged fairy-wren, 138 , 146 Sturnus vulgaris. See European starling repayment model, 42 , 65 , 225 superb fairy-wren, 35 , 133 – 147 , 169 , 355 , 358 , 360 , 361 , reproductive competition, 69 , 117 , 123 , 129 , 198 , 221 , 230 , 268 , 365t20.1 , 366 , 371 282 , 321 , 328 – 331 , 356 , 357 superb starling, 67 , 181 – 194 , 354 , 365t20.1 reproductive skew, 3 , 26 , 81 , 117 , 128 , 154 , 189 , 220 – 221 , 246 , Suricata suricatta. See meerkat 250 , 257 , 263 , 272 , 274 , 275 – 277 , 280 , 297 , 309 , 331 , 333 , 340t19.1 , 345 – 347 , 355 – 356 , 357 , 370 Taiwan yuhina, 237 – 255 , 365t20.1 reproductive skew models, 220 , 319 , 329 , 333 , 347 temporal variability hypothesis, 192 , 362 reproductive success, per capita, 191 , 244 , 364 territorial budding, 30 , 63 , 70 , 77 , 80 , 81 , 85 , 86 – 87 , 87f5.4 , reproductive suppression, 347 208 , 332 resource access benefi ts, 240 , 253 , 254 plural nesting and, 91 territory quality, variance in, 366 , 368 safe haven hypothesis, 100 , 111 , 120 , 129 , 367 territory size, importance of, 89 – 90 senescence, 210 , 349 tragedy of the commons, 248 , 249 sentinel behavior, 83 , 127 , 156t9.1 , 187 , 301f17.9 , 305 , 367 translocation Sericornis frontalis. See white-browed scrubwren carrion crows, 99 sex ratio, 8 , 9t1.1 , 23 , 42 , 81 – 82 , 109 , 153 , 155 , 161 , 184 , Seychelles warblers, 199 224 – 225 , 298 Trivers-Willard hypothesis, 191 helping and, 32 tug-of-war models, 35 o ff spring, 65 , 141 , 173 , 190 , 208 – 210 Turdoides bicolor. See southern pied babbler sexual confl ict, 142 , 223 – 224 Turdoides squamiceps. See Arabian babbler sexual dimorphism Turdoides striatus. See Indian (jungle) babbler cooperative breeding and, 188 female-biased, 333 variance hypothesis, 161 , 366 foraging behavior and, 61 vigilance, 16 , 28 , 89 , 107 – 108 , 120 , 121 , 127 , 268 , 305 sexual selection, 22 – 23 , 140 – 141 , 188 – 190 , 224 , 333 , 359 , 371 Seychelles warbler, 197 – 213 , 355 , 361 , 364 , 365t20.1 watchman’s song, 127 Sialia currucoides. See mountain bluebird western bluebird, 19 – 35 , 158 , 356 , 357 , 360 , 361 , 365t20.1 , Sialia mexicana. See western bluebird 369 , 370 Sialia sialis. See eastern bluebird western scrub-jay, 78 , 92 Siberian jay, 6 – 17 , 101 , 226 , 282 , 365t20.1 , 369 white-browed scrubwren, 356 – 357 , 358 sibling rivalry, 7 white-fronted bee-eater, 20 , 158 , 162 , 368 simultaneous breeder-helpers, 20 white-winged chough, 105 , 359 skills hypothesis, 48 , 126 , 159 , 173 , 206 – 207 , 228 , 233 , Wilde, Oscar, 266 304 , 361 winter groups, 25 – 26