Helpers-at-the-nest have the same provisioning rule as parents: Experimental evidence from play-backs of chick begging

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 423-429

  Wright, Jonathan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian babbler Turdoides squamiceps; Chick feeding; Cooperative breeding; Helpers at the nest; Parental care

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOUR; FEEDING RATE; HELPING BEHAVIOUR; PARENTAL PROVISIONING;

TURDOIDES SQUAMICEPS;

EID: 0031864040     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050456     Document Type: Article

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