Variation in developmental arrest among male orangutans: A comparison between a Sumatran and a Bornean population

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dunkel, Lynda P ^a   Arora, Natasha ^a   van Noordwijk, Maria A ^a   Atmoko, Sri Suci Utami ^b   Putra, Angga Prathama ^c   Krützen, Michael ^a   van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Arrested development; Bimaturism; Bornean orangutan; Reproductive tactics; Sumatran orangutan

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84875039383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-12     Document Type: Article

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