Begging in the absence of parents: A "quick on the trigger" strategy to minimize costly misses

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Dor, Roi ^a   Kedar, Hilla ^a   Winkler, David W ^b   Lotem, Arnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive constraints; False alarm; Nestling begging; Passer domesticus; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; NESTLING; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33845901792     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl056     Document Type: Article

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