Mother-infant behaviour of wild Grevy's zebra: adaptations for survival in semidesert East Africa
@article{Becker1990MotherinfantBO,
title={Mother-infant behaviour of wild Grevy's zebra: adaptations for survival in semidesert East Africa},
author={C. Dustin Becker and Joshua Ross Ginsberg},
journal={Animal Behaviour},
year={1990},
volume={40},
pages={1111-1118}
}53 Citations
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