This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology,
including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology …

Factors influencing early development such as birth weight, nest competition, and the diet
received during rearing have been proposed as elements conditioning the future …

To investigate whether mother and sibling interactions during the preweaning period
influence the histological and electrophysiological characteristics of the sensory sural nerve …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the productive, endocrine, and metabomscic
responses as well as oxidative stress of rabbit does and their offspring when fed a diet …

The ontogeny of associated individual differences in behavior and physiology during early
postnatal life, and in particular the emergence of such differences among litter siblings, has …

For short‐lived species, selection for early reproduction should be strong, yet females often
delay their first reproductive bout. Delay in age of first reproduction due to developmental …

Social network analysis is a suite of approaches for exploring relational data. Two
approaches commonly used to analyze animal social network data are permutation-based …

In altricial, litter-bearing species, huddling together with siblings during early life is a vital
strategy to maintain a sufficiently high and stable body temperature. In this context …

Altricial mammals typically lack the physiological capacity to thermoregulate independently
during the early postnatal period, and in litter-bearing species the young benefit strongly …

We asked whether within‐litter differences in early body mass are associated with
differences in house mouse pups' thermogenic performance and whether such variation …