Occurrence of an infanticide within a captive polygynous group of common marmosets, callithrix jacchus

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-58

  Kirkpatrick Tanner, Margot ^a   Aeschlimann, Christian ^a   Anzenberger, Gustl ^b  

^a Biomathematical Section   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Cannibalism; Common marmosets; Inbreeding; Infanticide; Intrasexual competition; Polygyny; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2742526638     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157206     Document Type: Article

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