Infant killing, wounding and predation in Eulemur and Lemur

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-40

  Jolly, A ^a   Caless, S ^b   Cavigelli, S ^c   Gould, L ^f   Pereira, M E ^d   Pitts, A ^b   Pride, R E ^a   Rabenandrasana, H D ^e   Walker, J D ^f   Zafison, T ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Centre de recherche pour le développement   (Madagascar)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Female aggression; Immigrant males; Infanticide; Seasonal breeding

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 17944384396     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005467411880     Document Type: Article

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