Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird.
Nat Commun
; 10(1): 1301, 2019 03 21.
Article
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| ID: mdl-30899016
ABSTRACT
Helping by group members is predicted to lead to delayed senescence by affecting the trade-off between current reproduction and future survival for dominant breeders. Here we investigate this prediction in the Seychelles warbler, Acrocephalus sechellensis, in which mainly female subordinate helpers (both co-breeders and non-breeding helpers) often help dominants raise offspring. We find that the late-life decline in survival usually observed in this species is greatly reduced in female dominants when a helper is present. Female dominants with a female helper show reduced telomere attrition, a measure that reflects biological ageing in this and other species. Finally, the probability of having female, but not male, helpers increases with dominant female age. Our results suggest that delayed senescence is a key benefit of cooperative breeding for elderly dominants and support the idea that sociality and delayed senescence are positively self-reinforcing. Such an effect may help explain why social species often have longer lifespans.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reprodução
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Comportamento Cooperativo
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Aves Canoras
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Comportamento de Ajuda
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Longevidade
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Comportamento de Nidação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Commun
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda