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Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber and Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis

N. C. Bennett, A. Ganswindt, S. B. Ganswindt, J. U. M. Jarvis, M. Zöttl, C. G. Faulkes

Biol. Lett. 2018 14 20180150; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0150. Published 23 May 2018
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Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry

Miquel Torrents-Ticó, Nigel C. Bennett, Jennifer U. M. Jarvis, Markus Zöttl

Biol. Lett. 2018 14 20180005; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0005. Published 21 February 2018
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Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland

Simon N. Chapman, Jenni E. Pettay, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenperä

Biol. Lett. 2018 14 20170651; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0651. Published 10 January 2018
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Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder

J. Mitchell, M. A. Cant, H. J. Nichols

Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20170441; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0441. Published 22 November 2017
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Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest

Megan Howard, Will Hoppitt

Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20170346; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0346. Published 23 August 2017
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Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks

Markus Zöttl, Jack Thorley, David Gaynor, Nigel C. Bennett, Tim Clutton-Brock

Biol. Lett. 2016 12 20160820; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0820. Published 14 December 2016
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Proactive prosociality in a cooperatively breeding corvid, the azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana)

Lisa Horn, Clara Scheer, Thomas Bugnyar, Jorg J. M. Massen

Biol. Lett. 2016 12 20160649; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0649. Published 18 October 2016
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Nepotism and subordinate tenure in a cooperative breeder

Martha J. Nelson-Flower, Amanda R. Ridley

Biol. Lett. 2016 12 20160365; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0365. Published 23 August 2016
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The cost of prospecting for dispersal opportunities in a social bird

Sjouke A. Kingma, Jan Komdeur, Martijn Hammers, David S. Richardson

Biol. Lett. 2016 12 20160316; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0316. Published 21 June 2016
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Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses

J. L. Sanderson, H. J. Nichols, H. H. Marshall, E. I. K. Vitikainen, F. J. Thompson, S. L. Walker, M. A. Cant, A. J. Young

Biol. Lett. 2015 11 20150620; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0620. Published 28 October 2015

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cooperative breeding

Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber and Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis

Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry

Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland

Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder

Ospreys do not teach offspring how to kill prey at the nest

Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks

Proactive prosociality in a cooperatively breeding corvid, the azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana)

Nepotism and subordinate tenure in a cooperative breeder

The cost of prospecting for dispersal opportunities in a social bird

Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses

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