Provisioning vocalizations in cooperative bell miners (Manorina melanophrys): More than a simple stimulus for nestling begging?

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 670-678

  McDonald, Paul G ^a,b   Wright, Jonathan ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bell Miner; Cooperative breeding; Food calls; Manorina melanophrys; Nestling provisioning; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; NESTLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; MANORINA MELANOPHRYS; MELIPHAGIDAE;

EID: 58349118585     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07127     Document Type: Article

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