Factors affecting reproduction and mortality among baboons in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-428

  Cheney, D L ^a   Seyfarth, R M ^a   Fischer, J ^b   Beehner, J ^a   Bergman, T ^a   Johnson, S E ^c   Kitchen, D M ^a   Palombit, R A ^d   Rendall, D ^e   Silk, J B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Female reproductive success; Infanticide; Predation

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11944270946     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000019159.75573.13     Document Type: Article

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