Foraging strategies among male and female marmosets and tamarins (callitrichidae): New perspectives in an underexplored area

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 296-306

  Box, Hilary O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural propensities; Feeding ecology; Female priority; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MARMOSET; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; SAGUINUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1542499213     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157255     Document Type: Article

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