The effects of infant births on the sociosexual behavior and hormonal patterns of a cooperatively breeding primate (Cebuella pygmaea)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-39

  Carlson, Anne A ^a   Ginther, Anita J ^a   Scheffler, Guenther R ^b   Snowdon, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebuella pygmaea; infants; ovarian cycles; parturition; sociosexual behavior

Indexed keywords

CEBUELLA PYGMAEA;

EID: 0029802933     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1996)40:1<23::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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