The evolution of begging competition, cooperation, and communication / edited by Jonathan Wright and Marty L. Leonard.

Other author Wright, Jonathan.
Other author Leonard, Marty L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Descriptionix, 508 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Contents Machine generated contents note: THEORETICAL APPROACHES -- 1. Models of Begging as a Signal of Need 1 -- Rufus A. Johnstone & H. Charles J. Godfray -- 2. State-Dependent Begging with Asymmetries and Costs: 21 -- A Genetic Algorithm Approach -- Karen Price, Ron Ydenberg & Dave Daust -- 3. Begging and Cooperation: An Exploratory Flight 43 -- David Sloan Wilson & Anne B. Clark -- 4. Parental Investment in Relation to Offspring Sex 65 -- Catherine M. Lessells -- BEGGING AS A SIGNAL AND THE ISSUE OF COSTS -- 5. The Evolution of Complex Begging Displays 87 -- Rebecca M. Kilner -- 6. The Sibling Negotiation Hypothesis 107 -- Alexandre Roulin -- 7. Efficacy and the Design of Begging Signals 127 -- Andrew G. Horn & Marty L. Leonard -- 8. Energetic Costs of Begging Behaviour 143 -- Mark A. Chappell & Gwendolyn C. Bachman -- 9. Begging Behaviour and Nest Predation 163 -- David G. Haskell -- NESTLING PHYSIOLOGY -- 10. Appetite and the Subjectivity of Nestling Hunger 173 -- Anne B. Clark -- 11. Nestling Digestive Physiology and Begging 199 -- William H. Karasov & Jonathan Wright -- 12. Hormonal Regulation of Begging Behaviour 221 -- Hubert Schwabl & Joseph Lipar -- 13. Immunity and Begging 245 -- Nicola Saino & Anders Pape Moller -- SIBLING COMPETITION -- 14. Begging and Asymmetric Nestling Competition 269 -- Barb Glassey & Scott Forbes -- 15. Sibling Competition and the Evolution of Brood Size and 283 -- Development Rate in Birds -- Robert E. Ricklefs -- 16. Feeding Chases in Penguins: Begging Competition on the Run? 303 -- Javier Bustamante, P. Dee Boersma & Lloyd S. Davis -- 17. Sibling Competition and Parental Control: Patterns of 319 -- Begging in Parrots -- Elizabeth A. Krebs -- 18. Begging versus Aggression in Avian Broodmate Competition 337 -- Hugh Drummond -- BEGGING AND BROOD PARASITISM -- 19. Begging Behaviour and Host Exploitation in Parasitic Cowbirds 361 -- Donald C. Dearborn & Gabriela Lichtenstein -- 20. Dishonest Begging and Host Manipulation by Clamator Cuckoos 389 -- Tomas Redondo & Jesus M. Zufiiga -- 21. Breeding Strategy and Begging Intensity: Influences on Food 413 -- Delivery by Parents and Host Selection by Parasitic Cuckoos -- Manuel Soler -- 22. Begging for Parental Care from Another Species: Specialization and Generalization in Brood-Parasitic Finches -- Robert B. Payne & Laura L. Payne -- STATISTICAL APPROACHES -- 23. Logistic Regression and the Analysis of Begging and 451 -- Parental Provisioning -- Daniela S. Monk -- 24. Statistical Challenges in the Study of Nestling Begging 473 -- Scott Forbes.
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LCCN 2002069441
ISBN1402005717 (hb : alk. paper)

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