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q-bio.OT2016★ 28 cited
Do dogs live in joint families? Understanding allo-parental care in free-ranging dogs
Manabi Paul, Anindita Bhadra
Cooperative breeding is an excellent example of altruistic cooperation in social groups. Domestic dogs have evolved from cooperatively hunting and breeding ancestors, but have adap…
q-bio.OT2016★ 12 cited
Clever mothers balance time and effort in parental care: a study on free-ranging dogs
Manabi Paul, Shubhra Sau, Anjan K. Nandi +1
Mammalian offspring require parental care, at least in the form of suckling during their early development. While mothers need to invest considerable time and energy in ensuring th…
q-bio.OT2016★ 24 cited
Selfish Pups: Weaning Conflict and Milk Theft in Free-Ranging Dogs
Manabi Paul, Anindita Bhadra
Parent-offspring conflict theory predicts the emergence of weaning conflict between a mother and her offspring arising from skewed relatedness benefits. Empirical observations of w…