Behaviour of the mother and the neonate in mammals: Physiological factors of activation;Comportement de la mère et du nouveau-né chez les mammifères: Mécanismes d'activation

Productions Animales

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-408

  Poindron, P ^a   Levy F ^a   Nowak, R ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES;

EID: 42449090255     PISSN: 09900632     EISSN: 11525428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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