Reproductive patterns and birth seasonality in a South-American breeding colony of common Marmosets, callithrix jacchus

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-336

  De Sousa, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro ^a   Peregrino, H P A ^b   Cirne, M F C ^a   Mota, M T S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; Breeding colony; Callithrix jacchus; Interbirth intervals; Long term studies

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032875148     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02557556     Document Type: Article

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