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Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency

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  • Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler
  • Anne-Katrin Eggert
  • Heiko Vogel
  • Scott K Sakaluk
  • Sandra Steiger
  • Luke HolmanHandling editor

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For animals in which parents provide food to their offspring, young often communicate their need to parents through elaborate begging behavior. Using a multispecies approach involving 3 burying beetle species, we show that offspring that are highly dependent on parental provisioning invest the most time in begging for food, whereas offspring that are nutritionally independent invest the least time in begging. Parents, in turn, are highly divergent in their provisioning behavior.

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  • Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler & Anne-Katrin Eggert & Heiko Vogel & Scott K Sakaluk & Sandra Steiger & Luke HolmanHandling editor, 2018. "Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(1), pages 42-50.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:1:p:42-50.
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