Two girls for every boy: The effects of group size and composition on the reproductive success of male and female white-faced capuchins

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-326

  Fedigan, Linda Marie ^a   Jack, Katharine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus; infanticide; intersexual conflict; takeovers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIVORE; INFANTICIDE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; CEBUS; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78651512116     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21414     Document Type: Article

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