Parent-offspring resource allocation in domestic pigs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-319

  Drake, Anna ^a   Fraser, David ^a   Weary, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Honest signaling; Maternal care; Parent offspring conflict; Sibling competition; Suckling; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEST SIGNALING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PIG; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIBLING; SUCKLING; VOCALIZATION;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 37349070762     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0418-y     Document Type: Review

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