Giraffe nursing behaviour reflects environmental conditions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F17%3A74729" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/17:74729 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/17:74729
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003413" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003413</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003413" target="_blank" >10.1163/1568539X-00003413</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Giraffe nursing behaviour reflects environmental conditions
Original language description
Nursing behaviour is one component of mammalian life history strategy that demonstrates context-dependent flexibility within species. Wild giraffes live in groups and feed themselves over large area. In the zoo, giraffes are kept in enclosures with abundant food resources. We aimed to analyse whether the nursing behaviour of giraffes differs between the zoo and nature reserve and discuss which factor (food intake, presence of predators, population density) can explain the difference. We observed seven and four female-calf pairs in the Bandia reserve, Senegal, and in Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, respectively. Nursing bouts were less frequent and longer and calves were less successful in nursing solicitations in the reserve, as females there seemed to be more selective for nursing times and locations, likely due to presence of predators and differences in food intake. Allonursing occurred more frequently in the zoo which can be attributed to higher population density in captive conditions.
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
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
BEHAVIOUR
ISSN
0005-7959
e-ISSN
1568-539X
Volume of the periodical
154
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
115-129
UT code for WoS article
000392199200006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85009106936