Young attempting to obtain resources that parents prefer to distribute to other members of the current brood is likely to result in
A) interbrood conflict.
B) intrabrood conflict.
C) sexual conflict.
D) all of the above.

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Intrabrood conflict refers to competition among siblings within the same brood for resources such as food and parental care. When young attempt to obtain resources that parents prefer to distribute to other members of the current brood, it leads to competition among those siblings, hence intrabrood conflict.

Young Attempting to Obtain Resources That Parents Prefer to Distribute