Further evidence for sex differences in suckling behaviour of captive plains zebra foals

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-95

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

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b Ostrava Zoo   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mother offspring interaction; Plains zebra; Sex differences; Zoo

Indexed keywords

EQUUS BURCHELLII;

EID: 80052389662     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-011-0091-z     Document Type: Article

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