Maternal investment results in better foal condition through increased play behaviour in horses

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1511-1518

  Cameron, Elissa Z ^a,b   Linklater, Wayne L ^b   Stafford, Kevin J ^b   Minot, Edward O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equus caballus; feral horse; maternal investment; play

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY CONDITION; FERAL ORGANISM; HORSE; JUVENILE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PLAY; WEANING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 53549102738     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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