Rhesus macaque milk: Magnitude, sources, and consequences of individual variation over lactation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-157

  Hinde, Katherine ^a,b   Power, Michael L ^c,d   Oftedal, Olav T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant growth; Life history; Maternal effects; Milk composition and yield; Parity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; MILK; MOTHERS;

EID: 59949095988     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20911     Document Type: Article

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