Ecological and social determinants of birth intervals in baboons

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 560-564

  Hill, R A ^a   Lycett, J E ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baboons; Birth rate; Interbirth interval; Intragroup competition; Papio; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033815918     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.5.560     Document Type: Article

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