Maternal watchfulness in black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra)

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Treves, Adrian ^a   Drescher, Ann ^b   Snowdon, Charles T ^c  

^a Ctr Appl Biodiv Sci Conserv I   (United States)

^b Donald B Watt Library   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; OPTIMIZATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION; PRIMATE; VIGILANCE;

ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037319679     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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