Receiver identity modifies begging intensity independent of need in banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) pups

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1087-1094

  Bell, Matthew B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banded mongoose; Begging; Cooperative care; Honest signaling; Mungos mungo; Parent offspring conflict

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

CARNIVORA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 56449118825     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn104     Document Type: Article

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