With a little help from my kin: Barn swallow nestlings modulate solicitation of parental care according to nestmates' need

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1703-1710

  Romano, Andrea ^a   Caprioli, M ^a   Boncoraglio, G ^b   Saino, N ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Begging behaviour; Evolution of co operation; Kin selection; Selfishness; Sibling interactions

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; KIN SELECTION; NESTLING; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PARENTAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIBLING; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POSTURE; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84865165557     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02571.x     Document Type: Article

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