Nest predation and the evolution of nestling begging calls

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1434, 1999, Pages 2153-2159

  Briskie, James V ^a,c   Martin, Paul R ^b   Martin, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Begging behaviour; Nest predation; Nestling birds; Nestling vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; CALLING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FOREST; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PITCH; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; UNITED STATES; VOCALIZATION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0033533940     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0902     Document Type: Article

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