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Female begging calls reflect nutritional need of nestlings in the hen harrier Circus cyaneus

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dc.contributor.authorRedpath, Steve
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Alex
dc.contributor.authorAmar, Arjun
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Biological Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Environment and Food Securityen
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-23T11:00:39Z
dc.date.available2017-08-23T11:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-19
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements We thank the Buccleuch Estates for allowing us to work on their estate and L. Bellini, K. Bouwmann, G. Buchanan, S. Campbell, C. Cronin, E. Donnelly, F. Leckie, C. Gall, C. Hill, P. Lindley, K. Lock, M. Mainwairing, J. Martinez, R. May, D. Parish, A. Smith, A. Tharme and A. Walton for field assistance. The study was funded by Buccleuch Estates, Westerhall Estates, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Scottish Natural Heritage. S.R. is grateful for the King Carl XVI Gustaf guest professorship that allowed him to write this paper. None of the authors have any competing interests. We are grateful for 3 anonymous referees for their excellent, constructive comments via Peerage of Science. Funding Research funded by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent8
dc.format.extent585478
dc.identifier105631880
dc.identifierd3baac21-def0-4782-8003-d786e65d1ec2
dc.identifier85020877569
dc.identifier.citationRedpath, S, Thompson, A & Amar, A 2017, 'Female begging calls reflect nutritional need of nestlings in the hen harrier Circus cyaneus', BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17, 144, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0986-zen
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12862-017-0986-z
dc.identifier.issn1471-2148
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/9197
dc.identifier.vol17en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Evolutionary Biologyen
dc.subjectBegging behaviouren
dc.subjectNestlingsen
dc.subjectProvisioning behaviouren
dc.subjectBreeder needen
dc.subjectOffspring needen
dc.subjectRaptorsen
dc.subjectHen harrieren
dc.subjectSexual conflicten
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleFemale begging calls reflect nutritional need of nestlings in the hen harrier Circus cyaneusen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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