A case of female-perpetrated infanticide in captive white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027014%3A_____%2F19%3AN0000127" target="_blank" >RIV/00027014:_____/19:N0000127 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12310/19:43899332
Result on the web
<a href="https://vuzv.cz/_privat/19124.pdf" target="_blank" >https://vuzv.cz/_privat/19124.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-019-00603-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10164-019-00603-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A case of female-perpetrated infanticide in captive white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris)
Original language description
Although infanticide is widespread among mammals, this phenomenon in ungulates, and more specifically in cervids, remains very rare. We report a case of infanticide in a captive group of white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris). The infanticide of a non-filial newborn female calf was carried out by two females. The attack was intentional and the attackers killed the calf by biting it and kicking it with their forelegs. The mother of the calf, which was multiparous, witnessed the scene, but no important intervention of the mother was recorded during the attack. This is the first report of female-perpetrated infanticide among cervids. Resource competition, adoption avoidance, pathological behaviour of the infanticidal individuals, and social hierarchy competition may explain the killing.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10614 - Behavioral sciences biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Ethology
ISSN
0289-0771
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
JP - JAPAN
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
377-382
UT code for WoS article
000480746800016
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85066111856