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Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Allonursing and allosuckling are behaviors displayed by some females, characterized by nursing and feeding non-filial offspring. Although both are costly behaviors, this type of communal parenting is widespread in various species; however, not all animals display this behavior, and e...

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Autores principales: Mota-Rojas, Daniel, Marcet-Rius, Míriam, Freitas-de-Melo, Aline, Muns, Ramon, Mora-Medina, Patricia, Domínguez-Oliva, Adriana, Orihuela, Agustín
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827824
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11113092