Mother-offspring conflict in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii): Suckling bout duration

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Pluháček, Jan ^a,b   Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Bartošová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b Ostrava Zoo   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Equid; Equus burchellii; Parent offspring conflict; Suckling behaviour; Zebra

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; MILK; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREGNANCY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUCKLING; ZOO;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 73949140635     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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