Individual recognition and potential recognition errors in parent-offspring communication

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1515-1525

  Jacot, Alain ^b   Reers, Hendrik ^a   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Begging; Bioacoustics; Brood division; Parent offspring recognition; Parental care; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLEDGING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECOGNITION; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77956886306     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0965-5     Document Type: Article

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