A critical analysis of 'false-feeding' behavior in a cooperatively breeding bird: Disturbance effects, satiated nestlings or deception?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1623-1635

  McDonald, Paul G ^a,b,d   Kazem, Anahita J N ^c   Wright, Jonathan ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bell miner; Carrion crow; Helping at the nest; Signaling hypotheses; White winged chough

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING; PASSERINE; SIGNALING;

AVES; CORCORAX MELANORHAMPHOS; MANORINA MELANOPHRYS;

EID: 34447115837     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0394-2     Document Type: Article

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