Maternal effects on begging behaviour: An experimental demonstration of the effects of laying sequence, hatch order, nestling sex and brood size

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1519-1529

  Gilby, Amanda J ^a   Sorato, Enrico ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Begging; Egg provisioning; Hatching order; Life history; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; FITNESS; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84867680372     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1407-3     Document Type: Article

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