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Brood division in a marsh-dwelling bird and its relation with the increase in offspring survival, acceleration of renest, and reduced competition for food resources
Giovanna Sandretti-Silva, Larissa Teixeira, Cláudia Golec…·Marcos Ricardo Bornschein
The paper examines brood division in Formicivora acutirostris, finding it reduces drowning risk, spatially divides food consumption, and allows concurrent reproduction, with implications for climate change impacts.