Growth, development, and sexual dimorphism in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) at four sites in Kenya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-35

  Turner, T R ^a   Anapol, F ^a   Jolly, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimaturism; Cercopithecus aethiops; Growth; Intersite variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH REGULATION; KENYA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; GROWTH; KENYA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0030944230     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199705)103:1<19::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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