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Cooperative breeders are species in which individuals beyond a pair assist in the production of young in a single brood or litter. Although relatively rare, cooperative breeding is widespread taxonomically and continues to pose challenges to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation and altruistic behavior. Bringing together long-term studies of cooperatively breeding birds, mammals, and fishes, this volume provides a synthesis of current studies in the field. The chapters are organised by individual studies of particular species or (in the case of mole-rats) two closely related cooperatively breeding species. Each focuses not only on describing behavior and ecology but also on testing evolutionary hypotheses for the form and function of the diverse and extraordinary cooperative breeding lifestyles that have been discovered. This unique and comprehensive text will be of interest to graduate students and researchers of behavioral ecology and the evolution of cooperation.

Parental behavior in animals. --- Animal societies. --- Social behavior in animals --- Care of the young (Animal behavior) --- Maternal behavior in animals --- Parental care in animals --- Parenting in animals --- Paternal behavior in animals --- Paternalism in animals --- Animal behavior --- Cooperative breeding in animals --- Parental behavior in animals --- Animal societies --- Comportement parental chez les animaux --- Sociétés animales

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This book includes chapters from a range of countries which critically reflect on recent developments in child protection policy and practice. It is a follow-up to ‘Contemporary Developments in Child Protection’ Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which were published by MDPI in 2015. It begins from the premise that the concerns of child protection have broadened considerably in recent years, and that the policies and practices are complex. It also begins from the recognition that child protection policies and practices are themselves shaped by a wide range of social, cultural and political factors, which vary both over time and in different contexts and jurisdictions.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- child protection --- predictive analytics --- rights --- social justice --- algorithms --- decision making --- social support --- foster care --- child welfare --- family needs --- content analysis --- care --- contextual safeguarding --- control --- extra-familial harm --- surveillance --- child abuse --- child protection and welfare --- public protection --- family support --- bio-ecological --- networks and networking --- social work --- complexity theory --- disability --- vulnerability --- safeguarding --- child rights --- family inclusion --- co-constructing social work --- practice frameworks --- young people and children --- institutionalization of children deprived of parental care --- de-institutionalization of child care and child protection --- root cause approach --- Kenya --- sport --- child --- athlete --- protection --- Canadian --- safe sport --- group intervention --- child sexual abuse --- child physical abuse --- reports --- child welfare systems --- mandatory reporting laws --- comparative analysis --- cross-jurisdictional analysis --- analysis over time --- agency data --- systems burden --- risk to children --- sustainable development goals --- convention on the rights of the child --- African charter on the rights and welfare of the child --- non-government organisations --- n/a --- child protection system --- participation --- integrity --- autonomy --- historical analysis --- legal analysis --- participant observation --- human rights --- children’s rights --- Switzerland --- children's rights