Social and seasonal influences on reproductive biology in male moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-46

  Garber, P A ^a   Moya, L ^b   Pruetz, J D ^a   Ique, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Min de Agricultura y Alimentation   (Peru)

^c Proyecto Peruano de Primatologia   (Peru)

Author keywords

Male reproductive strategies; Saguinus mystax; Social environment; Testes volume

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS MYSTAX;

EID: 0011671725     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1996)38:1<29::aid-ajp4>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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