The Evolution of Begging Competition, Cooperation and Communication - Wright, J.; Leonard, Marty L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002)
Theoretical Approaches -- Models of Begging as a Signal of Need -- State-Dependent Begging with Asymmetries and Costs: A Genetic Algorithm Approach -- Begging and Cooperation: An Exploratory Flight -- Parental Investment in Relation to Offspring Sex -- Begging as a Signal and the Issue of Costs -- The Evolution of Complex Begging Displays -- The Sibling Negotiation Hypothesis -- Efficacy and the Design of Begging Signals -- Energetic Costs of Begging Behaviour -- Begging Behaviour and Nest Predation -- Nestling Physiology -- Appetite and the Subjectivity of Nestling Hunger -- Nestling Digestive Physiology and Begging -- Hormonal Regulation of Begging Behaviour -- Immunity and Begging -- Sibling Competition -- Begging and Asymmetric Nestling Competition -- Sibling Competition and the Evolution of Brood Size and Development Rate in Birds -- Feeding Chases in Penguins: Begging Competition on the Run? -- Sibling Competition and Parental Control: Patterns of Begging in Parrots -- Begging Versus Aggression in Avian Broodmate Competition -- Begging and Brood Parasitism -- Begging Behaviour and Host Exploitation in Parasitic Cowbirds -- Dishonest Begging and Host Manipulation by Clamator Cuckoos -- Breeding Strategy and Begging Intensity: Influences on Food Delivery by Parents and Host Selection by Parasitic Cuckoos -- Begging for Parental Care from Another Species: Specialization and Generalization in Brood-Parasitic Finches -- Statistical Approaches -- Logistic Regression and the Analysis of Begging and Parental Provisioning -- Statistical Challenges in the Study of Nestling Begging.
Keywords: Evolutionary biology; Ecology .; Animal systematics; Animal taxonomy; Zoology; Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Zoology