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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Begging"”.
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Begging the question : permanent income and social mobility
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).
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Begging and Alms-Giving in Urban Ireland, 1815-1850
Begging was a ubiquitous feature of pre-Famine Irish society. Mendicancy formed part of an 'economy of makeshifts', wherein the poor drew upon numerous welfare mechanisms to support themselves. The country's endemic poverty, coupled with traditional practices of alms-giving, ensured that mendicancy …
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Post-fledging begging and development in Southern Pied Babblers (Turdoides bicolor)
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Begging for change: engaging with Johannesburg in post-apartheid South African film
The city of Johannesburg is globally identified with issues of inequality, prejudice and transformation. This identification is reinforced by the city's representation in film, in particular those of the post-apartheid era, which tend to emphasize the city's problems. The transformative power of …
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Effect of variation in nestling hunger levels on the begging behavior of nestlings and the provisioning behavior of adult American Kestrels
… is known about how variation in nestling begging intensity influences the behavior of adult raptors and how responses of adult males and females to such variation might differ. My objective was to manipulate the begging intensity of nestling American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) and examine …
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Effects of Variation in Hunger Levels on Begging Behavior of Nestlings and the Provsioning Behavior of Male and Female Eastern Phoebes
… using conspicuous vocalizations and visual begging displays and there is considerable empirical evidence suggesting that nestling begging represents honest signals of need, and that adults use these signals to determine provisioning rates. Less is known about how males and females may differ …
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Acoustic manipulation by brood-parasitic honeyguide
… elicit high rates of provisioning through their begging displays. Greater (Indicator indicator) and lesser (I. minor) honeyguides are closely related brood parasites that require more food than host chicks, whom they kill soon after hatching. Previous research demonstrated that both species …
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Vocal Handedness: The Emergence of Lateralization at Fledging
… In chapter 2, I describe the vocal ontogeny of begging calls in the canary, Serinus canaria. I describe the major call types, focusing primarily on two calls I named type A and type B. I show that the two calls are not interchangeable and are produced in different contexts as well as in …
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Mimicry and speciation in the parasitic finches of Africa
… world. In Chapter 3, I review the literature on begging call mimicry and development across all avian brood parasite species. I outline the conditions under which we expect begging call mimicry to evolve, and when we expect it to develop primarily through genetic or environmental cues. This …
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Family Conflicts over Parental Care in the Blue Tit, Cyanistes caerleus.
… how nestlings solicit parental care through begging, and the food allocation rules of male and female parents. Nestling begging was found to relate to short-term hunger, but contrary to expectation, small nestlings did not beg more than their larger siblings (Chapter 3). Begging behaviour was …
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Variation in mass and wing loading of nestling American Kestrels: possible effects of nestling behavior and adult provisioning behavior
… parental provisioning behavior and nestling begging behavior. After subtracting the mass of the lead weights, there were no differences among the treatment groups in mass or wing loading prior to fledging. Over the course of the nestling period, there was no change in the amount of prey …
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The pre-reproductive period in a tropical bird: parental care, dispersal, survival, and avian life histories
… Lastly, I experimentally manipulated begging at the nest to examine changes in parental behavior. Under elevated begging, parents increased provisioning rates and reduced the time between arrival to the nest and feeding of nestlings, potentially to reduce begging sounds. Furthermore, …
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Resurgence in Dogs
… dog with an existing minor problem behavior (begging) was taught a more acceptable alternative behavior (lying in a dog bed across the room). When that new behavior was subjected to extinction, the previous problem behavior recurred as expected. Finally, when the recurring begging was also …
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A Shelter in El Salvador
… game of turning, pushing, pulling, and shifting begging to play out; found in the shadows of a corner, in the depths of a break, in the repetition of a joint.
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Dirge in Georgia Minor
… and relaxing of so many pairs of fingers begging release, as we carry in one last finger-fold our will.
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Dirge in Georgia Minor
… and relaxing of so many pairs of fingers begging release, as we carry in one last finger-fold our will.
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Paris on a shoestring
… themselves living on the streets of Paris and begging for money. The two narrators, Vicki and Sage, flee to France after deliberately vandalising their art college. Penniless, homeless and lost in an unfamiliar environment, they're easy prey for various opportunistic chancers. Although …
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made of water, covered in mud
… Pisces moon, Pisces rising. I am made of water, begging to be held. Anything liquid has this same desire. I use my art practice to examine the fluidity of physical and digital spaces; how they transform almost constantly. This is only possible through the use of containers that give form to …
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Factors influencing pre-fledging mass recession of nestling Tree Swallows
… parental provisioning behavior and nestling begging behavior. I found no differences among treatment groups in mass at fledging, amount of mass lost, or wing loading at fledging. In addition, adult provisioning rates and the proportion of time spent begging by nestlings did not vary during …
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Facultative adjustment of pre-fledging mass recession by nestling Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica)
… period. The percentage of time nestlings spent begging increased slightly with age, approaching significance (F<sub>6, 128</sub> = 2.0, P = 0.07). Changes in body mass among nestlings allowed those in each treatment to converge toward a similar wing loading value, which is likely optimal for …
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