Infanticide in black capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in Iguazú National Park, Argentina

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-484

  Ramírez Llorens, Patricio ^a,b,c   Di Bitetti, M S ^a,b,c   Baldovino, M C ^a,b,c   Janson, C H ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

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

^c State University of New York at Stony Brook ^*  (Argentina)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Cebus apella nigritus; Infant mortality; Infanticide; Proceptive behavior; Sexual selection hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CEBUS; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

ARGENTINA; IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA NIGRITUS;

EID: 52449086648     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20522     Document Type: Article

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