Journal article
Sibling conflict and dishonest signalling in birds
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Offspring survival can often depend on successful communication with parents about their state of need. Theory suggests that offspring will be less likely to honestly signal their need when they experience greater competition, from either a greater number of nestmates or less-related nestmates. We found support for this hypothesis with a comparative analysis, examining data from across 60 species of birds. We found that offspring are less honest about their level of need when: (1) they face c...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1073/pnas.1606378113
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Magdalen College
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Royal Society
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Calleva Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Journal website
- Volume:
- 113
- Issue:
- 48
- Pages:
- 13803-13808
- Publication date:
- 2016-10-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-09-23
- DOI:
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1091-6490
- ISSN:
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1091-6490
- Source identifiers:
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646119
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pubs:646119
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uuid:ccf9d1f6-0ebf-4385-8126-33183e0a6287
- Local pid:
- pubs:646119
- Deposit date:
- 2016-09-23
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- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- This is the author accepted manuscript following peer review version of the article. The final version is available online from National Academy of Sciences at: 10.1073/pnas.1606378113
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