Intra-troop affiliative relationships of females with newborn infants in wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-203

  Nakamichi, Masayuki ^a   Koyama, Naoki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attractiveness of mothers with newborns; Female relationships; Infant licking; Ring tailed lemur

Indexed keywords

PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LEMUR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0034162724     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200003)50:3<187::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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