Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds

The response of parents to offspring begging behaviour is hugely variable in birds, but what mediates this response is not known. In a meta-analysis across 143 species, Caro et al. show that variation in offspring begging and parental care is a function of environmental quality and predictability.

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Autores principales:	Shana M. Caro, Ashleigh S. Griffin, Camilla A. Hinde, Stuart A. West
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/b28edabe2f5942668b1e24379612e3ba
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b28edabe2f5942668b1e24379612e3ba2021-12-02T15:33:47ZUnpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds10.1038/ncomms109852041-1723https://doaj.org/article/b28edabe2f5942668b1e24379612e3ba2016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10985https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The response of parents to offspring begging behaviour is hugely variable in birds, but what mediates this response is not known. In a meta-analysis across 143 species, Caro et al. show that variation in offspring begging and parental care is a function of environmental quality and predictability.Shana M. CaroAshleigh S. GriffinCamilla A. HindeStuart A. WestNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2016)
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description	The response of parents to offspring begging behaviour is hugely variable in birds, but what mediates this response is not known. In a meta-analysis across 143 species, Caro et al. show that variation in offspring begging and parental care is a function of environmental quality and predictability.
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title	Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
title_short	Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
title_full	Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
title_fullStr	Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
title_full_unstemmed	Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
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Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds

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