Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Caro, Shana M ^a   Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a   Hinde, Camilla A ^b   West, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATTENTION; CHICK; FEMALE; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROGENY; SPECIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84962383371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10985     Document Type: Article

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