Weaning age, infant care, and behavioral development in Trachypithecus leucocephalus

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 583-591

  Zhao, Qing ^a,c   Tan, Chia L ^b   Pan, Wenshi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Colobinae; Development of independence; Lactation period; Parent offspring conflict; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; INFANT FEEDING; LIFE HISTORY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

COLOBINAE; PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 45449109981     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9255-8     Document Type: Article

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