Communication is key: Mother-offspring signaling can affect behavioral responses and offspring survival in feral horses (Equus caballus).

Acoustic signaling plays an important role in mother-offspring recognition and subsequent bond-formation. It remains unclear, however, if mothers and offspring use acoustic signaling in the same ways and for the same reasons throughout the juvenile stage, particularly after mutual recognition has be...

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Main Authors: Cassandra M V Nuñez, Daniel I Rubenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231343