Coadaptation of offspring begging and parental provisioning--an evolutionary ecological perspective on avian family life.

Offspring begging and parental provisioning are the two central social behaviours expressed during the period of parental care. Both behaviours influence each other and it is, therefore, hypothesized that they should ultimately become (genetically) correlated, stabilized by fitness costs to parents...

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Main Authors: Natalia Estramil, Marcel Eens, Wendt Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3716698?pdf=render