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Prosociality and reciprocity according to parental status, communication, and personality in domestic canaries (Serinus canaria)

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Demography of a population with a long history of poaching and the utility of the individual identification technique as a tool for monitoring intermittently studied elephant populations

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Big Sisters Lead the Way: Allomothering in African Elephants

Lyons, N. B. (2015) · Digital Commons @ Butler University (Butler University)

The Social Relationships of Captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Juveniles

Machado, J. D. S. (2018) · Digital Commons @ Butler University (Butler University)

Observations on the social behaviour of free ranging groups of tame Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus Linn)

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Selective Allomothering of an African Elephant Adolescent

Machado, J. D. S. (2018) · Digital Commons @ Butler University (Butler University)

How Social Relationships Develop for an African Elephant Calf (Loxodonta Africana) Ex Situ

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