Sibling competition in guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus): Scrambling for mother's teats is stressful

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-329

  Fey, Karen ^a,b   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hunger level; Litter size; Precocial development; Scramble competition; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HUNGER; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PIG; PRECOCIALITY; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SIBLING; STEROID; SUCKLING; WEANING;

CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37349117378     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0419-x     Document Type: Article

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