Competition for milk in the domestic rabbit: Survivors benefit from littermate deaths

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 511-526

  Drummond, Hugh ^a,b,c   Vázquez, Elidee ^a,b,c   Sánchez Colón, Salvador ^a,b,c   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a,b,c   Hudson, Robyn ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH; LAGOMORPH; SURVIVAL;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 18844483166     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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