Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
G. Lichtenstein, S. Sealy (1998)
Nestling competition, rather than supernormal stimulus, explains the success of parasitic brown-headed cowbird chicks in yellow warbler nestsProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 265
A. Grafen (1990)
Biological signals as handicaps.Journal of theoretical biology, 144 4
D. Hussell (1988)
Supply and Demand in Tree Swallow Broods: A Model of Parent-Offspring Food-Provisioning Interactions in BirdsThe American Naturalist, 131
Johnstone (2003)
Sibling negotiationBehav. Ecol., 14
A. Roulin (2004)
Effects of hatching asynchrony on sibling negotiation, begging, jostling for position and within-brood food allocation in the barn owl, Tyto albaEvolutionary Ecology Research, 6
H. Godfray (1991)
Signalling of need by offspring to their parentsNature, 352
A. Roulin, A. Dreiss, C. Fioravanti, P. Bize (2009)
Vocal sib–sib interactions: how siblings adjust signalling level to each otherAnimal Behaviour, 77
R. Trivers (1974)
Parent-Offspring ConflictIntegrative and Comparative Biology, 14
A. Roulin (2001)
On the cost of begging vocalization: implications of vigilanceBehavioral Ecology, 12
K. Teather (1992)
An experimental study of competition for food between male and female nestlings of the red-winged blackbirdBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 31
I. López-Rull, D. Gil (2009)
Elevated testosterone levels affect female breeding success and yolk androgen deposition in a passerine birdBehavioural Processes, 82
R. Magrath, T. Haff, A. Horn, M. Leonard (2010)
Calling in the Face of Danger: Predation Risk and Acoustic Communication by Parent Birds and Their OffspringAdvances in The Study of Behavior, 41
A. Roulin, M. Kölliker, H. Richner (2000)
Barn owl (Tyto alba) siblings vocally negotiate resourcesProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 267
Juan Moreno, J. Veiga, P. Cordero, E. Mínguez (1999)
Effects of paternal care on reproductive success in the polygynous spotless starling Sturnus unicolorBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47
R. Kilner, C. Hinde (2008)
Chapter 6 Information Warfare and Parent–Offspring ConflictAdvances in The Study of Behavior, 38
G. Maurer, R. Magrath, M. Leonard, A. Horn, C. Donnelly (2003)
Begging to differ: scrubwren nestlings beg to alarm calls and vocalize when parents are absentAnimal Behaviour, 65
A. Roulin (2001)
Food supply differentially affects sibling negotiation and competition in the barn owl (Tyto alba)Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49
R. Dor, H. Kedar, D. Winkler, A. Lotem (2007)
Begging in the absence of parents: a "quick on the trigger" strategy to minimize costly missesBehavioral Ecology, 18
R. Kilner (2002)
The Evolution of Complex Begging Displays
R. Johnstone (2004)
Begging and Sibling Competition: How Should Offspring Respond to Their Rivals?The American Naturalist, 163
D. Gil, E. Bulmer, Patricia Celis, I. López-Rull (2008)
Adaptive developmental plasticity in growing nestlings: sibling competition induces differential gape growthProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275
Charlène Ruppli, A. Dreiss, A. Roulin (2013)
Nestling barn owls assess short-term variation in the amount of vocally competing siblingsAnimal Cognition, 16
P. Marques, Luís Vicente, R. Márquez, Fonoteca Zoológica (2009)
Nestling Begging Call Structure and Bout Variation Honestly Signal Need but Not Condition in Spanish SparrowsZoological Studies, 48
Geoff Parker, N. Royle, I. Hartley (2002)
Begging scrambles with unequal chicks: interactions between need and competitive abilityEcology Letters, 5
N. Saino, P. Ninni, S. Calza, R. Martinelli, Fiorenza Bernard, A. Møller (2000)
Better red than dead: carotenoid-based mouth coloration reveals infection in barn swallow nestlingsProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 267
M. Leonard, A. Horn (2001)
Begging in the absence of parents by nestling tree swallowsBehavioral Ecology, 12
B. Jimeno, J. Muriel, L. Pérez‐Rodríguez, D. Gil (2014)
Sexual Differences in Parental Investment in Response to Parent-Absent CallsEthology, 120
Hofstetter (1998)
The begging behavior of nestling eastern screech-owlsWilson Bull., 110
R. Kilner (1997)
Mouth colour is a reliable signal of need in begging canary nestlingsProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 264
E. Ottoni (2000)
EthoLog 2.2: A tool for the transcription and timing of behavior observation sessionsBehavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 32
E. Bulmer, Patricia Celis, D. Gil (2007)
Parent-absent begging: evidence for sibling honesty and cooperation in the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor)Behavioral Ecology, 19
H. Godfray, Ra Johnstone (2000)
Begging and bleating: the evolution of parent-offspring signalling.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 355 1403
A. Dreiss, Naouel Lahlah, A. Roulin (2010)
How siblings adjust sib–sib communication and begging signals to each otherAnimal Behaviour, 80
R. Griffiths, M. Double, Kate Orr, R. Dawson (1998)
A DNA test to sex most birdsMolecular Ecology, 7
R. Kilner (1995)
When do canary parents respond to nestling signals of need?Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 260
M. Leonard, A. Horn (1998)
Need and nestmates affect begging in tree swallowsBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 42
M. Leonard, A. Horn (2001)
Acoustic signalling of hunger and thermal state by nestling tree swallowsAnimal Behaviour, 61
A. Blanc, Nicolas Ogier, A. Roux, Sébastien Denizeau, N. Mathevon (2010)
Begging coordination between siblings in Black-headed Gulls.Comptes rendus biologies, 333 9
N. Saino, P. Ninni, Michele Incagli, S. Calza, R. Sacchi, A. Møller (2000)
Begging and Parental Care in Relation to Offspring Need and Condition in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)The American Naturalist, 156
H. Godfray (1995)
Signaling of Need between Parents and Young: Parent-Offspring Conflict and Sibling RivalryThe American Naturalist, 146
N. Royle, I. Hartley, Geoff Parker (2002)
Begging for control: when are offspring solicitation behaviours honest?Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17
P. Cotton, Jonathan Wright, A. Kacelnik (1999)
Chick Begging Strategies in Relation to Brood Hierarchies and Hatching AsynchronyThe American Naturalist, 153
Stephen Hofstetter, G. Ritchison (1998)
THE BEGGING BEHAVIOR OF NESTLING EASTERN SCREECH-OWLSThe Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 110
D. Mock, M. Dugas, S. Strickler (2011)
Honest begging: expanding from Signal of NeedBehavioral Ecology, 22
A. Budden, Jonathan Wright (2001)
Falling on deaf ears: the adaptive significance of begging in the absence of a parentBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49
A. Romano, M. Caprioli, G. Boncoraglio, N. Saino, D. Rubolini (2012)
With a little help from my kin: barn swallow nestlings modulate solicitation of parental care according to nestmates' needJournal of Evolutionary Biology, 25
R. Kilner, R. Johnstone (1997)
Begging the question: are offspring solicitation behaviours signals of need?Trends in ecology & evolution, 12 1
Donald Dearborn (1998)
Begging behavior and food acquisition by brown-headed cowbird nestlingsBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 43
P. Marques, M. Leonard, A. Horn, Adrienne Contasti (2011)
How Nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Integrate their Responses to Hunger and Signalling by NestmatesEthology, 117
J. Rivers (2009)
Parent-absent begging in the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): the role of short-term need and nestmate sizeBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63
A. Dreiss, Marco Calcagno, V. Brink, Aurelie Laurent, B. Almasi, L. Jenni, A. Roulin (2013)
The vigilance components of begging and sibling competitionJournal of Avian Biology, 44
Absent repeat calls (ARC) are produced by nestlings of some bird species when parents are not at the nest, and play a role in sibling interactions and parental investment. We explored if individual traits influencing begging also determine ARC in the spotless starling ( Sturnus unicolor ), and whether this behaviour explains nestling feeding success. We video-taped natural broods and examined the effects of experimental feeding in this behaviour. Experimentally fed chicks stopped calling and received fewer feedings. Among un-fed chicks, absence calls were more frequent in smaller nestlings. We found a positive relationship between nestling reaction time to parental arrival and food acquisition: chicks that reacted first received more feedings that slower chicks. ARC performance was also positively related to reaction time: chicks that produced more calls also reacted first to parents. These results suggest that ARC may have important effects on resource allocation and family interaction networks.
Behaviour – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2015
Keywords: parent-absent begging; begging; spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor ; parental care; sibling competition; sibling negociation
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.