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Sibling Competition and Conspicuousness of Nestling Gapes in Altricial Birds: A Comparative Study
BACKGROUND: Nestlings of altricial birds capture parents' attention through conspicuous visual displays, including exposure of their gape coloration which informs parents about their level of need, competitive ability or health; information that parents use for deciding food allocation among th...
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20463902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010509 |