Sex differences in the mother-neonate relationship in wild baboons: Social, experiential and hormonal correlates

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-903

  Nguyen, Nga ^a   Gesquiere, Laurence ^b   Alberts, Susan C ^c   Altmann, Jeanne ^b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Infant independence; Maternal care; Neonatal sex differences; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOMINANCE; HORMONE; INFANT FEEDING; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLITE; NEONATE; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STEROID; SUCKLING; WILD POPULATION;

AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84858752636     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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