Infant carrying behavior in callitrichid primates: Callithrix and Leontopithecus

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 889-907

  Santos, Cristina V ^a,b   French, Jeffrey A ^b   Otta, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callithrix; Cooperative rearing; Infant care; Leontopithecus; Parental behavior

Indexed keywords

HELPING BEHAVIOUR; INFANT CARRYING; LION TAMARIN; MARMOSET; NON-MATERNAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

CALLITHRIX; LEONTOPITHECUS;

EID: 0031450045     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026340028851     Document Type: Article

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