Male care in primates: Does it ever reflect paternity?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 152-156

  Van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Paul, Andreas ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030299538     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1996)5:5<152::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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