Maternal Condition and the Quality of Maternal Care in Vervet Monkeys

Behaviour

Volumn 132, Issue 9-10, 1995, Pages 733-754

  Fairbanks, L A ^a   Mcguir, M T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; VERVENT MONKEY;

CEROCPITHECUS AETHIOPS SABAEUS;

EID: 0029510457     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853995X00126     Document Type: Article

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