Suckling and allosuckling in captive fallow deer (Dama dama, Cervidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-86

  Pélabon, Christophe ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^b   Caron, Mathieu ^b   Peirera, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSUCKLING; FALLOW DEER; SUCKING;

DAMA DAMA;

EID: 2642599030     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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