The effect of hunger on the acoustic individuality in begging calls of a colonially breeding weaver bird
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In colonially breeding birds, the ability to discriminate between individuals is often essential. During post-fledging care, parents have to recognize their own offspring among many other unrelated chicks in the breeding colony. It i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Ecology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/11/3 |