Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds.
A nest of begging chicks invites an intuitive explanation: needy chicks want to be fed and parents want to feed them. Surprisingly, however, in a quarter of species studied, parents ignore begging chicks. Furthermore, parents in some species even neglect smaller chicks that beg more, and preferentia...
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
Published 2016
Journal article