🐣 What are nestlings really saying when they beg for food?
After half a century of research the picture is more complex, and perhaps less conflict-driven, than classic models suggested
Our review challenges key assumptions and calls for new models of family communication
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Food‐solicitation displays in nestling birds: still begging for answers
Nestling begging is a key model for understanding animal communication and parent–offspring conflict. Dynamic begging displays are often interpreted as costly, honest signals of need, with honesty ma...
