Adoption by captive parturient rhesus macaques: Biological vs. adopted infants and the cost of being a 'twin' and rearing 'twins'

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-264

  Ellsworth, Julie A ^a   Andersen, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Macaca mulatta; Rhesus macaques; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; MATERNAL CONTACT; RHESUS MACAQUE;

ADOPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

ADOPTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS;

EID: 0030718815     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)43:3<259::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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