Sibling competition and conspicuousness of nestling gapes in altricial birds: A comparative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Soler, Juan J ^a   Avilés, Jesús M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SIBLING RELATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COLOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENTATION; SIBLING RELATIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 77956411749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010509     Document Type: Article

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