Sex differences in food acquisition and aggression in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Primates

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 549-556

  Michels, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Callithrix jacchus; Foraging behavior; Intraspecific competition; Primate; Sex related difference

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS;

EID: 0032460578     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557576     Document Type: Article

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