Infanticide in Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya: Variation in the occurrence of an adaptive behavior

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-431

  Cords, Marina ^a,b   Fuller, James L ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Female counterstrategy; Infanticide; Male takeover; Postconception estrus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANNIBALISM; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFANTICIDE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952424450     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9400-z     Document Type: Article

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