Honest begging in the blue-footed booby: Signaling food deprivation and body condition

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1133-1142

  Villaseñor, Emma ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blue footed booby; Conflict; Honest begging; Siblings; Signaling

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY CONDITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HONEST SIGNALING; INGESTION RATE; SEABIRD; SIBLING;

SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 34147176523     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0346-2     Document Type: Article

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