Group composition affects seasonal birth timing in captive Japanese macaques

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 857-866

  Cozzolino, Roberto ^a   Schino, Gabriele ^a  

^a Centro Studi Etologici   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate; Macaca fuscata; Reproductive seasonality; Socionomic sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; CAPTIVITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032443281     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020345413644     Document Type: Article

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