Parents influence asymmetric sibling competition: Experimental evidence with partially dependent young

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3174-3182

  Smiseth, Per T ^a   Ward, Richard J S ^b   Moore, Allen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asynchronous hatching; Begging; Brood reduction; Burying beetles; Nicrophorus vespilloides; Parental care; Partially dependent young; Self feeding; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; CANNIBALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIBLING;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANNIBALISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIBLING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIBLINGS;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 38349040670     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1992.1     Document Type: Article

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