After having done a PhD about #paternal #care in new world monkey, this first paper of my postdoc started 20 years of long-term studies on striped mice #Rhabdomys pumilio.
For me it was most important to show that in this species paternal care also occurs in the field, not only in the lab!
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2003. Paternal care in the social and diurnal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): laboratory and field evidence. J Comp Psychol 117, 317-324.
http://www.stripedmouse.com/documents/SchradinandPillay2003.pdf
After havung done a PhD about #paternal #care in new world monkey, this first paper of my postdoc started 20 years of long-term studies on striped mice #Rhabdomys pumilio.
For me it was most important to show that in this species paternal care also occurs in the field, not only in the lab!
Schradin, C. & Pillay, N. 2003. Paternal care in the social and diurnal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): laboratory and field evidence. J Comp Psychol 117, 317-324.
http://www.stripedmouse.com/documents/SchradinandPillay2003.pdf