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Allomothering among African elephants
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“All female family members play a role in the successful rearing of offspring, frequently acting as allomothers who comfort, assist, play with and protect the offspring of their kin.”
From Elephant cognition. (2008) · cites this paper as Lee, P .C. (1987)
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“In primates, including humans, non-biological parents can learn to care for children after instruction or observation of experienced caretakers and infants1–8.”
From Oxytocin neurons enable social transmission of maternal behaviour (2021) · cites this paper as [7]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lee, P. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, P.C.
- ORCID
- Lee, P.C.
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1987-02
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 278-291
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1964721412
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Geographic Society
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Keywords
- allomothering, Loxodonta africana, calf care, family unit, kinship, maternal investment, social behavior, suckling, female kinship
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