Begging signals more than just short-term need: Cryptic effects of brood size in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 74-83

  Wright, Jonathan ^a   Hinde, Camilla ^a,b   Fazey, Ioan ^a,c   Both, Christiaan ^a,d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood size; Nestling begging; Parental care; Pied flycatcher; Signals of need

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; CRYPSIS; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE;

AVES; CRYPSIS; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0036626342     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0478-y     Document Type: Article

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