The role of feeding regularity and nestling digestive efficiency in parent-offspring communication: An experimental test

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-577

  Grodzinski, Uri ^a,d   Hauber, Mark E ^b,c   Lotem, Arnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nestling growth; Offspring nutrition; Parent offspring conflict; Parental care; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; DIGESTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; MUTATION; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SIGNALING;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 66149161456     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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