Nestling begging call structure and bout variation honestly signal need but not condition in Spanish sparrows

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-595

  Marques, Paulo A M ^a,b   Vicente, Luís ^c   Márquez, Rafael ^b  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Food deprivation period; Honest signaling; Parent offspring communication; Scramble competition; Vocal begging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957804922     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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