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Tweet or treat: unveiling the effect of brood size on begging behaviour in a songbird and the importance of feeding effort and diet quality

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03657-6

Published Online: 2025-10-24

Published Print: 2025-11

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Authors

González-Bernardo, Enrique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5690-5277
Melero-Romero, Pablo

Garrido-Bautista, Jorge

Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidad, Junta de Andalucía (A-RNM-48-UGR20)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2022-136400NB-I00)

Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional (FPU18/03034)

Fundación Banco Santander (UGR Master's Initiation Scholarship)

Ministerio de Universidades (Margarita Salas Contract)

Universidad de Granada (Contratos Puente)
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Article History

Received: 21 January 2025

Revised: 24 September 2025

Accepted: 29 September 2025

First Online: 24 October 2025

Declarations

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: Research permits to investigate in the Sierra Nevada National Park were approved by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia ( Consejería de Agricultura , Ganadería , Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible de la Junta de Andalucía ). All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the use of animals were followed, and all procedures for sampling birds and performing the experiments comply with the current Spanish laws on bioethics and animal welfare and were approved by the Andalusian Regional Government ( Junta de Andalucía ; reference: 03/07/2017/087).

: The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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