Do zebra finch parents fail to recognise their own offspring?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Reers, Hendrik ^a   Jacot, Alain ^a,b,c   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FINCH; FLEDGLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PROGENY; RECOGNITION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FINCHES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79954568901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018466     Document Type: Article

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