Begging the question: Are offspring solicitation behaviours signals of need?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Kilner, Rebecca ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOUR; HONEST SIGNAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SOLICITATION;

EID: 0031284923     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)10061-6     Document Type: Review

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