Adult male replacement and subsequent infant care by male and siblings in socially monogamous owl monkeys (Aotus azarai)

Primates

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-84

  Fernandez Duque, Eduardo ^a,b   Juárez, Cecilia Paola ^c   Di Fiore, Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

^c Fundacion ECO   (Argentina)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monogamy; Paternal care; Sibling care; Take over

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PATERNAL CARE; PRIMATE; SIBLING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; AOTUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; ARGENTINA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS AZARAI; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; PRIMATES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 37549063373     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-007-0056-z     Document Type: Article

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