Brood size, sibling competition, and the cost of begging in great tits (Parus major)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-462

  Neuenschwander, Samuel ^a   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brood size; Cost of begging; Parent offspring communication; Parus major; Scramble competition

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SIBLING;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0042427772     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg025     Document Type: Article

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