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Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds

A nest of begging chicks invites an intuitive explanation: needy chicks want to be fed and parents want to feed them. Surprisingly, however, in a quarter of species studied, parents ignore begging chicks. Furthermore, parents in some species even neglect smaller chicks that beg more, and preferentia...

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Publié dans:Nat Commun
Auteurs principaux: Caro, Shana M., Griffin, Ashleigh S., Hinde, Camilla A., West, Stuart A.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820566/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27023250
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10985
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