Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird

Sociality explains substantial variation in ageing across species, but less is known about this relationship within species. Here, the authors show that female dominant Seychelles warblers with helpers at the nest have higher late-life survival and lower telomere attrition and the probability of hav...

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Main Authors: Martijn Hammers, Sjouke A. Kingma, Lewis G. Spurgin, Kat Bebbington, Hannah L. Dugdale, Terry Burke, Jan Komdeur, David S. Richardson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/07f12c492f89417b901962d00b262af5
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