supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32270526 to W.L.and 32260253 to L.W.);supported by the specific research fund of The Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province;supported by the Hainan Province Postdoctoral Research Project。
Common Cuckoos(Cuculus canorus)dependent on parental care for post-hatching demonstrate an intriguing ability to modify their begging vocalizations to ensure maximum care and resources from their interspecific foster ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant 31870370);Guangxi 1000 Young and Middle-Aged College and University Backbone Teachers Cultivation Program(2019.5)。
Begging brings benefits and costs for nestling birds:it can indicate their needs to their parents,but it can also be a cue used by predators to find the nest.The costs,like many variables related to nest predation,can...
This study was funded by the National Science Centre,Poland:NCN 2012/05/E/NZ8/02694 and NCN 2016/23/B/NZ8/03082;the Japan Society for Promotion of Science(JSPS):grant no.24-4578(to N.J.S.);24770028(to K.D.T.),23255004(to K.U.);by Rikkyo University:SFR 11-54(to N.J.S.).
Nestling rejection is a rare type of host defense against brood parasitism compared with egg rejection.Theoretically,host defenses at both egg and nestling stages could be based on similar underlying discrimination me...
supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant(DP180100021,DP150101652);the Holsworth Grant,Australia&Pacific Science Foundation(APSF1406);Birdlife Australia(2015).
Coevolutionary interactions between avian brood parasites and their hosts often lead to the evolution of discrimination and rejection of parasite eggs or chicks by hosts based on visual cues,and the evolution of visua...
Most studies on beggars in Nigeria have focused exclusively on the social course of indigenous begging activities in Nigerian cities. There exists dearth of knowledge about international migrant beggars and their heal...
On August 2,Zhuhai,a city in south China’s Guangdong Province, issued road safety regulations banning begging in vehicle lanes. The new regulations allow the police to impose fines on beggers.Drivers who buy anything...