Sibling age and intragroup aggression in captive Saguinus midas midas

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 639-652

  Moura, Antonio Christian De A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Callitrichidae; Puberty; Saguinus m. midas; Sex and age differences

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ANTHROPOIDEA; CALLITRICHIDAE; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS MIDAS; SAGUINUS MIDAS MIDAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037904244     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023748616043     Document Type: Article

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