Is the Primary Helper Always a Key Group for the Sustainability of Cooperative Birds? A Mathematical Study on Cooperative Breeding Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater.
Abstract:Cooperation is a fundamental requirement for the sustainability of group-living organisms. Despite the substantial research work in cooperative breeding birds, the dependence of the populations' sustainability young or adult helpers in migratory populations is unidentified. The mathematical models for predicting the birds' cooperative dynamics so far mostly ignore the migratory property. The cooperative breeding birds have three groups in their population, viz, immature or primary helpers, mature or secondary … Show more
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