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Why male orangutans do not kill infants

Infanticide is widespread among mammals, is particularly common in primates, and has been shown to be an adaptive male strategy under certain conditions. Although no infanticides in wild orangutans have been reported to date, several authors have suggested that infanticide has been an important sele...

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Autores principales: Beaudrot, Lydia H., Kahlenberg, Sonya M., Marshall, Andrew J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19701484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-009-0827-1