Parent-absent signalling of need and its consequences for sibling competition in the barn swallow

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 851-859

  Romano, Andrea ^a   Boncoraglio, Giuseppe ^b   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

False alarm; Parent absent begging; Sibling competition; Sibling negotiation

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ASYMMETRY; AVIFAUNA; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROVISIONING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASSERINE; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SIBLING; SIGNALING;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 84876127459     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1508-7     Document Type: Article

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