Do great spotted cuckoo nestlings beg dishonestly?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-169

  Soler, Manuel ^a,b   de Neve, Liesbeth ^a,b,c   Roldán, María ^a   Macías Sánchez, Elena ^a   Martín Gálvez, David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging; Brood parasite; Clamator glandarius; Great spotted cuckoo; Honest begging; Honest signalling; Throwing out food behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEST SIGNALING; HUNGER; NESTLING;

AVES; CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CORVUS CORONE; PICA PICA;

EID: 83555176047     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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