Infanticide and effectiveness of pup protection in bank voles: does the mother recognise a killer?

Infanticide, the killing of conspecific young, has been documented in numerous species of mammals, especially rodents. In that infanticide is costly to the victim mother, natural selection should favour counter-strategies by females to protect their pups. We studied the frequency of infanticide by m...

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Published in:	Acta ethologica Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 97 - 101
Main Author:	Horne, Hannu Ylönen, Taina J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V 01-02-2002
Subjects:	Animal behavior Infanticide Offspring Rodents
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