Thermal benefit of sibling presence in the newborn rabbit

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-215

  Bautista, A ^a   Drummond, H ^b   Martinez Gomez M ^a,b   Hudson, R ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Altricial young; Litter huddle; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD INTAKE; METABOLISM; MILK; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0141992939     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10134     Document Type: Article

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