An observational study of caretaking behavior of male and female mice housed together
作者:
Robin Priestnall,
Susan Young,
期刊:
Developmental Psychobiology
(WILEY Available online 1978)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 1
页码: 23-30
ISSN:0012-1630
年代: 1978
DOI:10.1002/dev.420110107
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractA time‐sampling procedure was employed to examine the caretaking behavior of male mice housed with lactating females and their litters, and to investigate the effects of the male's presence on the behavior of the female. The incidences of 14 categories of behavior were recorded over 20 hr distributed throughout the period of lactation. The development of litters was monitored by regular weighing. The results show, contrary to earlier findings, that males display just as much caretaking behavior as females. Differences in other forms of behavior can be related to the increased nutritional needs of the nursing mothers. The presence of the male seems to have very little influence on the behavior of the female and no effect at all upon the physical development of the litte
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