Begging for control: When are offspring solicitation behaviours honest?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 434-440

  Royle, Nick J ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^b   Parker, Geoff A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPETITION; EMPIRICISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PROGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036719911     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02565-X     Document Type: Review

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