Milk composition reflects pattern of maternal care in prosimian primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-211

  Tilden, Christopher D ^a,c   Oftedal, Olav T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

lactation; maternal care; milk composition; nursing; prosimians

Indexed keywords

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; STREPSIRHINI;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR MACACO; EULEMUR MONGOZ; EULEMUR RUBRIVENTER; GALAGO MOHOLI; HAPALEMUR; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; LORIDAE; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; NYCTICEBUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; OTOLEMUR CRASSICAUDATUS; OTOLEMUR GARNETTII; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0031001637     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)41:3<195::AID-AJP3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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