Postpartum recuperation in primiparous rhesus macaques and development of their infants

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1047-1054

  Mas Rivera, Adaris ^a   Bercovitch, Fred B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant development; Maternal condition; Maternal postpartum recuperation; Primipares; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; LACTATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACACA; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL AGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55649087425     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20596     Document Type: Article

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