Offspring number in pygmy marmosets, Cebuella pygmaea, in relation to group size and the number of adult males

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 400-404

  Heymann, Eckhard W ^a   Soini, Pekka ^b  

^a Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cebuella pygmaea; Co operative rearing; Offspring survival; Pygmy marmoset

Indexed keywords

OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL;

CEBUELLA PYGMAEA;

EID: 0032701611     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050635     Document Type: Article

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