Begging and bleating: The evolution of parent-offspring signalling

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1403, 2000, Pages 1581-1591

  Godfray, H C J ^a   Johnstone, R A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Game theory; Parent offspring conflict; Sibling conflict; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HONEST SIGNALING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034731010     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0719     Document Type: Article

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