Food transfer in common marmosets: Parents change their tolerance depending on the age of offspring

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 999-1002

  Saito, Atsuko ^a,b   Izumi, Akihiro ^b   Nakamura, Katsuki ^b,c  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callitrichids; Food transfer; Marmosets; Parental behavior; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; MATURATION; PRIMATE; SIBLING; WEANING;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS;

EID: 53549135767     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20593     Document Type: Article

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