Infant Mortality Risk and Paternity Certainty Are Associated with Postnatal Maternal Behavior toward Adult Male Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Sexually selected infanticide is an important source of infant mortality in many mammalian species. In species with long-term male-female associations, females may benefit from male protection against infanticidal outsiders. We tested whether mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) mothers in s...

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Autores principales: Rosenbaum, Stacy, Hirwa, Jean Paul, Silk, Joan B., Vigilant, Linda, Stoinski, Tara S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147441

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147441

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