Families on the spot: Sexual signals influence parent-offspring interactions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1666, 2009, Pages 2477-2483

  Morales, Judith ^a   Alonso Álvarez, Carlos ^b   Pérez, Cristóbal ^a   Torres, Roxana ^c   Serafino, Ester ^a,d   Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d Centro Ricerca Mammiferi Marini (CRIMM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information exchange; Offspring begging; Parent offspring conflict; Parental care; Sexual conflict; Sexual signals

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; COLOR MORPH; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PROVISIONING; MORPHOLOGY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEABIRD; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 66749119583     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1942     Document Type: Article

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