A long-term experimental study demonstrates the costs of begging that were not found over the short term

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Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Soler, Manuel ^a,b   Ruiz Raya, Francisco ^a   Carra, Laura G ^a   Medina Molina, Eloy ^a   Ibáñez Alamo, Juan Diego ^a   Martín Gálvez, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PASSER DOMESTICUS; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; IMMUNITY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; IMMUNITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS;

EID: 84910597157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111929     Document Type: Article

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