Observed infanticides following a male immigration event in black howler monkeys, Alouatta pigra, at Palenque National Park, Mexico

Primates

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-284

  van Belle, Sarie ^a   Kulp, Aimee E ^b   Thiessen Bock, Robyn ^b   Garcia, Marisol ^b   Estrada, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra); Infanticide; Male immigration; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; COPULATION; IMMIGRATION; INFANTICIDE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PALENQUE NATIONAL PARK;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 84755161522     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-010-0207-5     Document Type: Article

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