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Why Do African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) Simulate Oestrus? An Analysis of Longitudinal Data

Female African elephants signal oestrus via chemicals in their urine, but they also exhibit characteristic changes to their posture, gait and behaviour when sexually receptive. Free-ranging females visually signal receptivity by holding their heads and tails high, walking with an exaggerated gait, a...

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Autores principales:	Bates, Lucy A., Handford, Rosie, Lee, Phyllis C., Njiraini, Norah, Poole, Joyce H., Sayialel, Katito, Sayialel, Soila, Moss, Cynthia J., Byrne, Richard W.
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2010
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20383331 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010052

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