Benefits associated with escalated begging behaviour of black-billed magpie nestlings overcompensate the associated energetic costs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1463-1472

  Martín Gálvez, David ^a,b   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a,b,c   Soler, Manuel ^b,c   Soler, Juan José ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging behaviour; Black billed magpie; Costs and benefits of begging; Cyproheptadine; Food allocation; Honest signaling; Parent offspring conflict; Pica pica

Indexed keywords

CYPROHEPTADINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CYPROHEPTADINE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; VIDEO RECORDING;

CORVIDAE; PICA PICA;

EID: 79955018479     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050153     Document Type: Article

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