Social behavior between mothers x young of sloths Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 (Xenarthra: Bradypodidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 249-252

  Soares, C A ^a,b   Carneiro, R S ^a  

^a Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Behavior; Bradypus; Offpring; Sloths

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLOTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SLOTHS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036580271     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842002000200008     Document Type: Article

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