Begging response of gull chicks to the red spot on the parental bill

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1359-1366

  Velando, Alberto ^a   Kim, Sin Yeon ^a   Noguera, Jose Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Begging response; Coadaptation; Cross fostering; Larus michahellis; Parent offspring communication; Parental signal; Releasing mechanism; Tinbergen; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COEVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 84879275702     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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