Food Sharing in Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas): Does Foraging Difficulty Affect Investment in Young by Breeders and Helpers?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 848-862

  de Moura, Antonio Christian A ^a   Nunes, Hermano G ^a   Langguth, Alfredo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cooperative care; Helping behavior; Reproductive investment; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EUSOCIALITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; JUVENILE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CALLITRICHIDAE; LEONTOPITHECUS; LEONTOPITHECUS CHRYSOMELAS; MAMMALIA; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 77957168901     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9432-4     Document Type: Article

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