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The Role of Energetic Costs in the Evolution of Begging Behavior of Nestling Passerines

  • McCarty J
The Auk (1997) 114(1) 135-137
DOI: 10.2307/4089079
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Abstract

Responds to commentaries related to the metabolic rates of avian begging nestlings. Comparison of the cost of begging and the cost of other activities; Role of anaerobic metabolism in nestling passerines; Relationship between nutritional condition and fitness.

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McCarty, J. P. (1997). The Role of Energetic Costs in the Evolution of Begging Behavior of Nestling Passerines. The Auk, 114(1), 135–137. https://doi.org/10.2307/4089079

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