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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...
Autores principales: | Kober, Melanie, Trillmich, Fritz, Naguib, Marc |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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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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