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Adoption in Eastern Grey Kangaroos: A Consequence of Misdirected Care?
Adoption is rare in animals and is usually attributed to kin selection. In a 6-year study of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus), 11 of 326 juveniles were adopted. We detected eight adoptions by observing behavioural associations and nursing between marked mothers and young and three more by...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25970624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125182 |