Patterns of infant handling and relatedness in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) on Gibraltar

Primates

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-282

  Kümmerli, Rolf ^a,c   Martin, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloparental behaviour; Barbary macaque; Infant handling; Microsatellites; Relationship management

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFANT FEEDING; JUVENILE; KIN SELECTION; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GIBRALTAR; MACACA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GIBRALTAR; MACACA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 54949127858     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-008-0100-7     Document Type: Article

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