Predictors of reproductive success in female white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-90

  Fedigan, Linda Marie ^a   Carnegie, Sarah D ^a   Jack, Katharine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant survival; Interbirth interval; Male takeover; Matrilineal kin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH INTERVALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50049120321     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20848     Document Type: Article

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