Prenatal environmental effects match offspring begging to parental provisioning

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1668, 2009, Pages 2787-2794

  Hinde, Camilla A ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b   Kilner, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg hormones; Indirect genetic effects; Maternal effects; Parent offspring conflict; Parental care; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANDROGEN; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD QUALITY; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PATERNAL EFFECT; POULTRY; SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANARY; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENT; FAMILY; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOSTER CARE; GENETIC TRAIT; HATCHING; MALE; MOTHER; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLASTICITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REARING;

EID: 67650885592     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0375     Document Type: Article

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