Rapid onset of maternal vocal recognition in a colonially breeding mammal, the Australian sea lion.

BACKGROUND: In many gregarious mammals, mothers and offspring have developed the abilities to recognise each other using acoustic signals. Such capacity may develop at different rates after birth/parturition, varying between species and between the participants, i.e., mothers and young. Differences...

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Main Authors: Benjamin J Pitcher, Robert G Harcourt, Isabelle Charrier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2921350?pdf=render