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| Title |
Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms10985 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shana M. Caro, Ashleigh S. Griffin, Camilla A. Hinde, Stuart A. West |
| Abstract |
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 preferentially feed the biggest chicks that beg less. This extreme variation across species, which contradicts predictions from theory, represents a major outstanding problem for the study of animal signalling. We analyse parent-offspring communication across 143 bird species, and show that this variation correlates with ecological differences. In predictable and good environments, chicks in worse condition beg more, and parents preferentially feed those chicks. In unpredictable and poor environments, parents pay less attention to begging, and instead rely on size cues or structural signals of quality. Overall, these results show how ecological variation can lead to different signalling systems being evolutionarily stable in different species. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 110 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 24 | 22% |
| United States | 10 | 9% |
| Japan | 4 | 4% |
| France | 3 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| South Africa | 2 | 2% |
| Finland | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 47 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 68 | 62% |
| Scientists | 28 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 203 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 195 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 18% |
| Researcher | 32 | 16% |
| Professor | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 10% |
| Unknown | 28 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 121 | 60% |
| Environmental Science | 17 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 5% |
| Psychology | 10 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 3% |
| Unknown | 35 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 261. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 January 2024.
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