Infant Mortality in Black-and-Gold Howlers (Alouatta caraya) Living in a Flooded Forest in Northeastern Argentina

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 937-957

  Pavé, Romina ^a   Kowalewski, Martin M ^a   Garber, Paul A ^b   Zunino, Gabriel E ^a   Fernandez, Vanina A ^a   Peker, Silvana M ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Alouatta caraya; Flooding; Infanticide; Male replacement; Social strategies

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DISEASE; FLOODING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INFANT MORTALITY; PLAY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; REPLACEMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARGENTINA;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864395132     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9626-z     Document Type: Article

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