When will the stork arrive? Patterns of birth seasonality in neotropical primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-130

  Di Bitetti, Mario S ^a   Janson, Charles H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; Life history; Neotropical primates; Proximate factors; Reproduction; Ultimate factors

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CEBIDAE; DIET; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CEBIDAE; DIET; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0034141679     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200002)50:2<109::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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