A long-term experimental study demonstrates the costs of begging that were not found over the short...
A long-term experimental study demonstrates the costs of begging that were not found over the short term
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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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 evidence on this subject remains elusive because publ...
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A long-term experimental study demonstrates the costs of begging that were not found over the short term
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1620595005
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1620595005
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0111929
