1/6 The Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD) is alive! Co-BreeD covers key biological parameters relevant to cooperative breeding research in birds and mammals. Get your copy of this updateable & open-access database: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @animalecology.bsky.social

2/6 Co-BreeD is designed to include complementary datasets (e.g. % of breeding with alloparents, allonursing). It currently includes 501 samples from 460 populations of 324 species. This sample-based structure allows examining within-species & even within-population variation in cooperative breeding

3/6 Linkage of each biological estimate to its exact sampling period and location enables linkage to unprecedented fine-tuned climatic and environmental data @odedkeynan.bsky.social @linde-makuya.bsky.social @dustinrubenstein.com @carsten-schradin.bsky.social @andyradford.bsky.social

4/6 Yes, no, maybe? Quantitative estimates enable studying cooperative breeding as a continuous trait (bottom panel), rather than a binary one (upper panel), and demonstrate the ample variation in cooperative breeding across and within species @maikewoith.bsky.social @claire-doutrelant.bsky.social

5/6 Using Co-BreeD’s comprehensive data, we suggest that cooperative breeding is considerably more prevalent in birds and mammals than previously estimated (illustration @nataliekes.bsky.social) @anavleitao.bsky.social @miyawarrington.bsky.social @michael-griesser.bsky.social

Congrats @benmocha.bsky.social et al.!