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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Begging and Brood Parasitism
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Back Matter
About this book
Begging by nestling birds has become the model system for investigating evolutionary conflicts of interest within families and their theoretical resolution provided by honest signals of offspring need. In response to the recent explosions of scientific papers on the revolution of begging; we have brought together twenty-four original contributions from major researchers in all areas of this dynamic field.
Organised into six sections: I: Theoretical approaches; II: Begging as a signal; III: Nestling physiology; IV: Sibling competition; V: Brood parasitism; and VI: Statistical approaches; this book is primarily aimed at research scientists and those at the graduate student level. For the first time, the theoretical and empirical literature on begging is fully reviewed. New ideas and data are also presented from a wide range of natural systems, and each chapter ends with suggestions for future study.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
Jonathan Wright
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Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Marty L. Leonard
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Evolution of Begging
Book Subtitle: Competition, Cooperation and Communication
Editors: Jonathan Wright, Marty L. Leonard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47660-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0571-8Published: 30 April 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5997-0Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47660-0Published: 08 May 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 508
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Zoology