Blue tits do not return faster to the nest in response to either short- or long-term begging playbacks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 123, Issue , 2017, Pages 117-127

  Santema, Peter ^a   Schlicht, Emmi ^a   Schlicht, Lotte ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

begging; Cyanistes caeruleus; honest signalling; parental care; parent offspring conflict

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; HONEST SIGNALING; NEST BOX; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84995921757     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.10.016     Document Type: Article

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