Aid to a declining matriarch in the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Davenport, Lisa C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREY; PROGENY; PTERONURA BRASILIENSIS; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; OTTERS;

ANIMALIA; PTERONURA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77955325362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011385     Document Type: Article

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