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Stomach Temperature Records Reveal Nursing Behaviour and Transition to Solid Food Consumption in an Unweaned Mammal, the Harbour Seal Pup (Phoca vitulina)

Knowledge of milk transfer from mother to offspring and early solid food ingestions in mammals allows for a greater understanding of the factors affecting transition to nutritional independence and pre-weaning growth and survival. Yet studies monitoring suckling behaviour have often relied on visual...

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Autores principales: Sauvé, Caroline C., Van de Walle, Joanie, Hammill, Mike O., Arnould, John P. Y., Beauplet, Gwénaël
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090329