Family composition and the characteristics of parental care during the nursing phase of captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Ximenes, M F F M ^a   Sousa, M B C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Helpers; Marmosets; Nursing phase; Older siblings

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0001737455     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381405     Document Type: Article

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