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Orphaning stunts growth in wild African elephants

Orphans of several species suffer social and physiological consequences such as receiving more aggression from conspecifics and lower survival. One physiological consequence of orphaning, stunted growth, has been identified in both humans and chimpanzees, but has not been assessed in a non-primate s...

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Autores principales: Parker, Jenna M, Wittemyer, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9341231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coac053