Vocal mother-offspring communication in guinea pigs: females adjust maternal responsiveness to litter size

BACKGROUND: In parent-offspring communication, vocal signals are often used to attract attention and offspring might call to induce parental behaviour. In guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) mothers wean larger litters later than small ones, but it is unknown whether this difference depends on p...

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Autores principales: Kober, Melanie, Trillmich, Fritz, Naguib, Marc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18783602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-5-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18783602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-5-13

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