Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla nestlings do not produce begging calls until they are able to escape from predators

Ibis

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-368

  Wegrzyn, Ewa ^a   Leniowski, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla; Nest predation; Silent begging

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST PREDATION; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 84925365358     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12231     Document Type: Article

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