Parent-offspring conflict during the transition to independence in a pelagic seabird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1102-1107

  Riou, Samuel ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

avian development; hormonal regulation; life history theory; petrels; signals Behav Ecol

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY CONDITION; EXPLOITATION; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; HORMONE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS;

EID: 84865704270     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars079     Document Type: Article

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