Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
A sub‐colony of 20 pipistrelle bats was studied during late pregnancy and lactation. Seventeen females gave birth to single young, with 16 young surviving to weaning. Free association and flight were permitted, and mother‐infant pairs were identified and marked on the day of birth (day 0). Suckling...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02607.x 2024-06-02T08:13:20+00:00 Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) Hughes, P. M. Speakman, J. R. Jones, G. Racey, P. A. 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02607.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1989.tb02607.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02607.x https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02607.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Zoology volume 219, issue 4, page 665-670 ISSN 0952-8369 1469-7998 journal-article 1989 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02607.x 2024-05-03T10:35:02Z A sub‐colony of 20 pipistrelle bats was studied during late pregnancy and lactation. Seventeen females gave birth to single young, with 16 young surviving to weaning. Free association and flight were permitted, and mother‐infant pairs were identified and marked on the day of birth (day 0). Suckling associations were identified daily (n = 195) and females were never found suckling young other than their own. A series of choice experiments using young aged 0–10 days and 15–25 days indicated that females would permit only their own offspring to suckle during both early and late lactation. During early lactation, mothers actively selected their young and encouraged suckling but did not do so during late lactation. Mothers were most often indifferent to approaches by alien young but occasionally aggressively rejected them. Mothers never aggressively rejected their own young but frequently were indifferent to them. Young attempted to suckle from any mother without discrimination. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wiley Online Library Journal of Zoology 219 4 665 670 |
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A sub‐colony of 20 pipistrelle bats was studied during late pregnancy and lactation. Seventeen females gave birth to single young, with 16 young surviving to weaning. Free association and flight were permitted, and mother‐infant pairs were identified and marked on the day of birth (day 0). Suckling associations were identified daily (n = 195) and females were never found suckling young other than their own. A series of choice experiments using young aged 0–10 days and 15–25 days indicated that females would permit only their own offspring to suckle during both early and late lactation. During early lactation, mothers actively selected their young and encouraged suckling but did not do so during late lactation. Mothers were most often indifferent to approaches by alien young but occasionally aggressively rejected them. Mothers never aggressively rejected their own young but frequently were indifferent to them. Young attempted to suckle from any mother without discrimination. |
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Hughes, P. M. Speakman, J. R. Jones, G. Racey, P. A. Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat ( pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
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