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Mummy’s boys: sex differential maternal-offspring bonds in semi-feral horses

In: Behaviour
Authors: Susanne Shultz and Christina R. Stanley
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01 Jan 2012
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Behaviour 149 (2012) 251–274 brill.nl/beh Mummy’s boys: sex differential maternal–offspring bonds in semi-feral horses Christina R. Stanley a , b , ∗ and Susanne Shultz b a Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK b Institute of Cultural and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK * Corresponding author’s e-mail address: C.R.Stanley@2010.ljmu.ac.uk Accepted 8 March 2012 Abstract In polygynous species with high reproductive skew in males, mothers often show differential in- vestment between sons and daughters. Although consistent sex differential investment has not been found by previous studies in horses, maternal investment beyond weaning has often been overlooked. We investigated
Title:
Mummy’s boys: sex differential maternal-offspring bonds in semi-feral horses
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853912X636717
Language:
English
Pages:
251–274
Keywords:
group living; social network analysis; aggression; Equus caballus ferus; maternal investment; Equus caballus ferus
In:
Behaviour
In:
Volume 149: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-539X
Print ISSN:
0005-7959
Subjects:
Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biology

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