Number of agonistic interactions between adult males and infant Saimiri collinsi, over three mating seasons , , Bide your time: Method of alpha male replacement, infant deaths, and time to conception in Cebus capucinus. Integration of ield and captive studies for understanding the behavioral ecology of the squirrel monkey, Saimiri sp. In one of these cases, a male infant threatened the adult male and then immediately nursed. Conclusions Few studies have included the genetic and hormone data necessary to evaluate if the SSI hypothesis can explain infanticides by male primates during periods of social instability e.
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