Infanticide by female wolves
Video recordings made inside wolf dens chronicle two episodes of infanticide by different α females within a captive pack of timber wolves (Canis lupus). In one instance, infanticidal behaviour was interspersed with maternal behaviour. These cases are discussed in terms of the proximate causes of in...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z90-058 2023-12-17T10:28:34+01:00 Infanticide by female wolves McLeod, Peter J. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z90-058 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z90-058 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 68, issue 2, page 402-404 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1990 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-058 2023-11-19T13:39:34Z Video recordings made inside wolf dens chronicle two episodes of infanticide by different α females within a captive pack of timber wolves (Canis lupus). In one instance, infanticidal behaviour was interspersed with maternal behaviour. These cases are discussed in terms of the proximate causes of infanticide. It is also suggested that the killing of pups born to subordinate females by α females may be a common occurrence in both captive and free-ranging wolf packs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Zoology 68 2 402 404 |
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Video recordings made inside wolf dens chronicle two episodes of infanticide by different α females within a captive pack of timber wolves (Canis lupus). In one instance, infanticidal behaviour was interspersed with maternal behaviour. These cases are discussed in terms of the proximate causes of infanticide. It is also suggested that the killing of pups born to subordinate females by α females may be a common occurrence in both captive and free-ranging wolf packs. |
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Infanticide by female wolves |
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1990 |
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