Brood size and nestling vocal begging behaviour in the Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-210

  Marques, Paulo A M ^a,b   Márquez, Rafael ^b   Vicente, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic interference; Cost sharing effect; Masking effect; Offspring parent communication; Vocal begging

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS;

EID: 33845265603     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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