Learning during competitive positioning in the nest: Do nestlings use ideal free 'foraging' tactics?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-236

  Budden, Amber E ^a,b   Wright, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Begging behaviour; Sibling competition; Signalling; Southern grey shrike; Zone profitability

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; LEARNING; PASSERINE;

AVES; LANIUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 21344467941     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0940-8     Document Type: Article

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