Allonursing in Captive Guanacos, Lama guanicoe: Milk Theft or Misdirected Parental Care?

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 731-737

  Zapata, Beatriz ^a   González, Benito A ^a   Ebensperger, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; MILK; PARASITISM; PARENTAL CARE; RUMINANT;

LAMA GUANICOE; UNGULATA;

EID: 67651160472     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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