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Better together
Groenewoud, Frank
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Better Together
Cooperative breeding under environmental heterogeneity
The research presented in this thesis was carried out in the Behavioural Physiology and Eco-logy (BPE) group, which is part of the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) at the University of Groningen and the Behavioural Ecology group at the Univer-sity of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution.
This thesis is financially supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Rese-arch (NWO-TOP-854.11.003 to JK/DSR; NWO-ALW-823.01.014 to JK), the European Commu-nity’s Sixth Framework Programme (028696 to JK), the Swiss National Science Foundation (310030B_138660 and 31003A_156152 to MT; 31003A_144191 and 31003A_166470 to JGF), the Rektorenkonferenz der Schweizer Universitäten (CRUS) for their contribution within the framework of the “Cotutelles de these” program. Printing was supported by the University of Groningen and the Faculty of Science and Engineering..
ISBN (printed book): 978-94-034-1156-9
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© Frank Groenewoud, 2018
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Better Together
Cooperative breeding under environmental heterogeneity
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD of the University of Groningen
on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. E. Sterken
and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans.
and
to obtain the degree of PhD of Science in Ecology and Evolution of the University of Bern
on the authority of the Rector Prof. dr. C. Leumann and
the Dean of the Faculty of Science Prof. dr. Z. Balogh.
Double PhD degree
This thesis will be defended in public on Friday 16 November 2018 at 12.45 hours
by
Frank Groenewoud
born on 25 October 1984
Supervisors
Prof. dr. ir. J. Komdeur Prof. dr. M. Taborsky
Co-supervisors
Dr. S. A. Kingma
Assessment Committee
Prof. dr. I.R. Pen Prof. dr. H. Kokko Prof. dr. S. Alonzo Prof. dr. J.M. Gaillard
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction
Chapter 2 Predation risk drives social complexity in cooperative breeders
Chapter 3 Spatio-temporal resource variation, group formation and the benefits of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler
Chapter 4 Subordinate females in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler obtain direct benefits by joining unrelated groups
Chapter 5 Predation risk mediates the benefits of sociality and
suppresses within-group conflict in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish
Chapter 6 Experimentally induced anti-predator responses are sex specific and mediated by social and environmental factors in a cooperatively breeding passerine
Box A Box A: Anti-predator benefits drive communal breeding in the Seychelles warbler Chapter 7 Synthesis References Nederlandse samenvatting Dankwoord/Acknowledgements 9 23 43 67 87 107 125 131 141 159 169
