The Evolution of Begging

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Summary

It is suggested that costly and cost-free signalling models face difficulties in accounting for observed begging behaviour, and that these difficulties may best be tackled by developing more realistic models that incorporate more of the complexities of parent-offspring interaction revealed by empirical studies of begging.

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book
Published
2002-01-01
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Keywords

Begging, Competition (biology), Scramble competition, Parent–offspring conflict, Sibling

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