Variation in incidence of male infanticide within subspecies of plains zebra (Equus Burchelli)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Pluháček, Jan ^a,b   Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Víchová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Equus burchelli; Infant mortality; Infanticide; Maneless zebra; Subspecies; Zoo

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; MALE; RUMINANT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33644589498     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-126R2.1     Document Type: Article

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