Begging and sibling competition: How should offspring respond to their rivals?

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 388-406

  Johnstone, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood hierarchy; Handicap principle; Hatching asynchrony; Signaling; Solicitation

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; SIBLING RELATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 1842762341     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375541     Document Type: Article

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