Effect of the enclosure on carriers' body weight loss in the cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-284

  Sánchez, Susana ^a,b   Peláez, Fernando ^a,b   Morcillo, Ana ^a   Gil Bürmann, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body weight loss; Carrying costs; Enclosure effect; Saguinus oedipus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; MATERNAL CARE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SAGUINUS; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANTHROPOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS;

EID: 24944551634     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20144     Document Type: Article

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