Infanticide of a newborn black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus guereza) in Kibale National Park, Uganda

Primates

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-212

  Ondherdonk, Daphne A ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Black and white colobus; Infanticide; Kibale national park; Male immigration; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; PRIMATE;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

COLOBUS GUEREZA;

EID: 0034042142     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02557802     Document Type: Article

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