Scatterplot of pup daily growth rates and the degree of change in mother’s pup-checking rate (min⁻¹) from undisturbed to disturbed situations.

<p>Numbers represent individual mother identities. Horizontal dashed line represents long term population mean pup growth rate (2.16±0.039 kg/day) derived from a larger sample (113) of pups collected over multiple years (2005–2009).