Litter size and infant survivorship in wild groups of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in Colombia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 707-711

  Savage, A ^a   Soto, L ^b   Medina, F ^b   Emeris, G ^b   Soltis, J ^a  

^a DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^b Fundacion Proyecto Tití   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Births; Callitrichids; New world primate

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INFANT MORTALITY; LITTER SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; SURVIVORSHIP; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SAGUINUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALLITRICHIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GOSSYPIUM THURBERI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 67849118813     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20696     Document Type: Article

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