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Female begging calls reflect nutritional need of nestlings in the hen harrier Circus cyaneus

BACKGROUND: Most birds exhibit bi-parental care with both sexes providing food for their young. Nestling signal food needs through begging. However, for some species, males rarely visit the nest, so have limited opportunity for gaining information directly from the chicks. Instead, females beg when...

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Publié dans:BMC Evol Biol
Auteurs principaux: Redpath, Steve, Thompson, Alex, Amar, Arjun
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477127/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28629327
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0986-z
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