Adoptive suckling in the grey seal

Smith, E.A.. 1968 Adoptive suckling in the grey seal. Nature, 217 (5130). 762-763. 10.1038/217762a0

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Abstract/Summary

Almost all accounts of the natural history of the grey seal Halichoerus grypus give the impression that a cow invariably seeks and feeds only her own pup among the dozens or hundreds in a breeding colony which may be at an equivalent stage of development as her pup. Normal feeding fidelity may be represented thus C1 - P1, C2 - P2

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1038/217762a0
ISSN:	0028-0836
Date made live:	15 Jan 2020 14:59 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526507

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1038/217762a0

ISSN:

0028-0836

Date made live:

15 Jan 2020 14:59 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526507