Do cavity-nesting primates reduce scent marking before retirement to avoid attracting predators to sleeping sites?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-266

  Franklin, Samuel P ^a,d   Miller, Kimran E ^b   Baker, Andrew J ^c   Dietz, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c Philadelphia Zoo   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Callitrichidae; Leontopithecus; Predation; Scent marking; Sleeping sites

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCENT MARKING; SLEEP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEONTOPITHECUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLEEP; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEONTOPITHECUS; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP; TERRITORIALITY;

CALLITRICHIDAE; LEONTOPITHECUS; LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 33947164161     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20339     Document Type: Article

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