Begging behavior as an honest signal of need and parent–offspring association during the postfledging dependency period

Abstract Honest signaling mechanisms can function to appropriate care to hungry offspring and avoid misdirected care of unrelated offspring. Begging, the behavior by which offspring solicit food and parental care, may be an honest signaling mechanism for need, as well as association of parents and o...

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Main Authors: Kayla L. Davis, Sarah M. Karpanty, Jeffrey A. Spendelow, Jonathan B. Cohen, Melissa A. Althouse, Katharine C. Parsons, Cristin F. Luttazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5279