Scent-marking behavior in wild groups of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-324

  Lazaro Perea, Cristina ^a   Snowdon, Charles T ^a   De Fátima Arruda, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Intergroup interactions; Reproductive dominance; Scent marking; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000285083     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050625     Document Type: Article

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