Opportunistic mothers: Female marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii) reduce their investment in offspring when they have to, and when they can

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-142

  Fite, Jeffrey E ^a   Patera, Kimberly J ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a   Rukstalis, Michael ^a   Hopkins, Elizabeth C ^a   Ross, Corinna N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Callitrichidae; Lactation; Maternal care; Postpartum conception; Wied's black tufted ear marmoset

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; PRIMATE;

CALLITHRIX KUHLII; CALLITHRIX PENICILLATA; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 21244458768     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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