Recruitment Calling: A Novel Form of Extended Parental Care in an Altricial Species

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1700-1704

  Radford, Andrew N ^a   Ridley, Amanda R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PARENTING; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; TIMALIIDAE; TURDOIDES BICOLOR;

EID: 33750618178     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.053     Document Type: Article

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