The role of non-reproductive helpers in infant care in captive Callithrix jacchus

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 760-771

  Yamamoto, Maria Emília ^a,b   Box, Hilary O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE GROUP; COMMON MARMOSET; COMMUNAL BREEDING; HELPING BEHAVIOUR; INFANT CARE;

BERKSHIRE; BRAZIL; ENGLAND; NATAL; READING; UK;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0030756668     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00184.x     Document Type: Article

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