Infanticide in Propithecus diadema edwardsi: An evaluation of the sexual selection hypothesis

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Erhart, Elizabeth M ^a   Overdorff, Deborah J ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Madagascar; Prosimian; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; MALAGASY LEMUR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANTHROPOIDEA; DIADEMA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA EDWARDSI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0031912910     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020306910493     Document Type: Article

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