Sexual behavior and extragroup copulations in a wild population of common marmosets (Callithrixjacchus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 136-145

  Digby, Leslie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callithrixjacchus; Callitrichidae Marmosets; Concealed ovulation; Extrapair copulations; Mating systems; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033030201     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021686     Document Type: Review

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