Begging signals in a mobile feeding system: The evolution of different call types

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-624

  Kunc, Hansjoerg P ^a   Madden, Joah R ^b   Manser, Marta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Begging; Meerkat; Parent offspring communication; Sibling competition; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; CALLING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SIBLING; SIGNALING;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; MALE;

EID: 34948850812     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521233     Document Type: Article

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