Infanticide and cannibalism in wild common marmosets

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-50

  Melo, L ^a   Mendes Pontes, A R ^a   Monteiro Da Cruz, M A O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Cannibalism; Common marmosets; Infanticide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0038621840     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068389     Document Type: Article

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