Growth and Development in Wild Owl Monkeys (Aotus azarai) of Argentina

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1133-1152

  Huck, Maren ^a   Rotundo, Marcelo ^b   Fernandez Duque, Eduardo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Barrio Gen J de San Martín ^*  (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

First reproduction; Growth rates; Ontogeny; Sexual monomorphism; von Bertalanffy growth model

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH CURVE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; NATAL DISPERSAL; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TOOTH; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ARGENTINA;

AOTUS AZARAI; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; AZARA;

EID: 80053575781     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9530-y     Document Type: Article

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