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Interspecific Infanticide and Infant-Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia

  1. REBECCA RIMBACH1,2,
  2. ALEJANDRA PARDO-MARTINEZ1,3,
  3. ANDRES MONTES-ROJAS1,4,
  4. ANTHONY DI FIORE1,5,
  5. ANDRES LINK1,5,6,*

Article first published online: 5 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22052

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American Journal of Primatology

American Journal of Primatology

Volume 74, Issue 11, pages 990–997, November 2012

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RIMBACH, R., PARDO-MARTINEZ, A., MONTES-ROJAS, A., DI FIORE, A. and LINK, A. (2012), Interspecific Infanticide and Infant-Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia. Am. J. Primatol., 74: 990–997. doi: 10.1002/ajp.22052

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  1. 1

    Fundación Proyecto Primates, Bogota, Colombia

  2. 2

    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany

  3. 3

    Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

  4. 4

    Departamento de Biologia, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia

  5. 5

    Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

  6. 6

    Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

*Correspondence to: Andres Link, Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Carrera 1 N° 18A-12, Bogotá, Colombia. E-mail: a.link74@uniandes.edu.co or andreslink@proyectoprimates.org

  1. Contract grant sponsor: National Geographic Society; Contract grant sponsor: Ecopetrol Diversity Grants program; Contract grant sponsor: Fundación Proyecto Primates; Contract grant sponsor: Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 SEP 2012
  2. Article first published online: 5 JUL 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 MAY 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 27 APR 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 12 MAR 2012

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  • National Geographic Society
  • Ecopetrol Diversity Grants program
  • Fundación Proyecto Primates
  • Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)

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