Infant parking and nesting, not allomaternal care, influence Malagasy primate life histories

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1375-1386

  Tecot, S R ^a   Baden, A L ^b   Romine, N K ^a   Kamilar, J M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Energetics; Life history; Malagasy strepsirrhines; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL CARE; NESTING; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; WEANING;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84866446514     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1393-5     Document Type: Article

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