Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-92

  Baldovino, M Celia ^a,b   Di Bitetti, Mario S ^a,b,c  

^a Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlantico Puerto Iguazu   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptive significance; Allomothering; Allonursing; Atlantic Forest; Capuchin monkeys; Cebus nigritus; Dominance; Kinship; Milk; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUCKING; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS;

EID: 39349113822     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108780     Document Type: Article

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