Nestling barn owls beg more intensely in the presence of their mother than in the presence of their father

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1099-1106

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Bersier, Louis Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

barn owl; begging; parent offspring conflict; parental care; sexual conflict; sibling negotiation; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; HONEST SIGNALING; NEST BOX; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIBLING; VOCALIZATION;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 35148885089     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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