Fine-tuned modulation of competitive behaviour according to kinship in barn swallow nestlings

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 2117-2123

  Boncoraglio, Giuseppe ^a,b   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Begging; Brood parasitism; Extra pair fertilization; Kin selection; Parental care; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD PARASITISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; NESTLING; PARENTAGE; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; KIN SELECTION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SWALLOW (BIRD);

HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 66249114978     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0085     Document Type: Article

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