Infanticide in seasonally breeding multimale groups of Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) in Ramnagar (South Nepal)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-150

  Borries, Carola ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Infanticide; Interbirth intervals; Male infant relation; Presbytis entellus

Indexed keywords

PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS;

EID: 0030865530     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050373     Document Type: Article

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