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Comparison of the behaviour of piglets raised in an artificial rearing system or reared by the sow

Authors: Magdalena Rzezniczek, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Roland Weber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial piglet rearing system, belly nosing, early weaning, play-fighting, resting behaviour

2015

Play behavioural tactics under space reduction: social challenges in bonobos, Pan paniscus

Authors: Giorgia Tacconi, Elisabetta Palagi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bonobo, locomotor play, pan paniscus, play flexibility, play-fighting, playful facial display, social challenge

2009

Preliminary comparisons of male/male interactions within bachelor and breeding groups of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: P. Pullen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: age-class, bachelor group, breeding group, gorilla gorilla gorilla

2005

Cage Design and Forms of Play in Red-Bellied Tamarins, Saguinus labiatus

Authors: Nancy G. Caine, Vincent J. O'Boyle

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cage design, chase, play, play-fighting, tamarins, wrestle

1992

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