A cross-fostering experiment reveals that prenatal environment affects begging behaviour in a cooperative breeder

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 251-258

  Paquet, Matthieu ^a,b   Covas, Rita ^b,c,d   Doutrelant, Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Begging; Birds; Cross fostering; Family conflict; Helping behaviour; Maternal effects; Parent offspring conflicts

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

AVES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 84923884775     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.034     Document Type: Article

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