Double infanticide in a free-ranging group of buffy-headed marmosets, Callithrix flaviceps

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Hilário, Renato R ^a   Ferrari, Stephen F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callithrix flaviceps; Cannibalism; Infanticide; Polygyny; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX FLAVICEPS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 72449126509     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-009-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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