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Maternal effects in the highly communal sociable weaver may exacerbate brood reduction and prepare offspring for a competitive social environment.
Oecologia - 1 Feb 2013
van Dijk René E, Eising Corine M, Merrill Richard M, Karadas Filiz, Hatchwell Ben, Spottiswoode Claire N
Abstract excerpt
Maternal effects can influence offspring phenotype with short- and long-term consequences. Yet, how the social environment may influence egg composition is not well understood. Here, we investigate how laying order and social environment predict maternal effects in the sociable weaver, Philetairus socius, a species that lives in massive communal nests which may be occupied by only a few to 100+ individuals in a...
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