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A Long-Term Experimental Study Demonstrates the Costs of Begging That Were Not Found over the Short Term

Parent–offspring conflict theory predicts that begging behaviour could escalate continuously over evolutionary time if it is not prevented by costliness of begging displays. Three main potential physiological costs have been proposed: growth, immunological and metabolic costs. However, empirical evi...

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Autores principales: Soler, Manuel, Ruiz-Raya, Francisco, Carra, Laura G., Medina-Molina, Eloy, Ibáñez-Álamo, Juan Diego, Martín-Gálvez, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25372280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111929

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