Sex differences in nonhuman primate behavioral development

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 213-221

  Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; development; primates; sex differences

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PLAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEANING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; PRIMATES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84994246407     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23862     Document Type: Review

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