Demographic review of a captive colony of callitrichids (Callithrix kuhlii)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-240

  Ross, Corinna N ^a,b,c   Fite, Jeffrey E ^b   Jensen, Heather ^b   French, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Callitrichids; Demography; Interbirth interval; Reproduction; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LITTER SIZE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARMOSET; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEX RATIO;

CALLITHRIX KUHLII; CALLITHRIX PENICILLATA; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS;

EID: 33846913908     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20367     Document Type: Article

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