Infanticide among animals: A review, classification, and examination of the implications for the reproductive strategies of females

1979/10/01 by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy · 13 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Primate Behavior and Ecology

paper · doi:10.1016/0162-3095(79)90004-9

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Citations

• On the social change of hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) in their natural condition
• Male-Male Competition and Infanticide Among the Langurs <i>(Presbytis Entellus) </i>of Abu, Rajasthan
• Infanticide and Social Organization in the Redtail Monkey (Ceraopithecus ascanius schmidti) in the Kibale Forest, Uganda
• Infant Killing and Cannibalism in Free-Living Chimpanzees
• The Food-sharing Behavior of Protohuman Hominids

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• Counter-Strategies to Infanticide in Mammals: Costs and Consequences
• Interspecific Infanticide and Infant‐Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia
• Evolution of Primate Social Systems
• Reproductive failure, possible maternal infanticide, and cannibalism in wild moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax
• Male takeover, infanticide, and female countertactics in white-headed leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus leucocephalus)
• Harem‐male replacement and infanticide in the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitus stuhlmanni) in the Kibale Forest, Uganda
• A Bruce Effect in Wild Geladas
• Infant care, infanticide, and female reproductive strategies in polygynous groups of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
• Loss of oestrus, concealed ovulation and paternity confusion in free-ranging Hanuman langurs
• Infanticide by resident males and female counter-strategies in wild Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata )
• Intra-community infanticide in wild, eastern chimpanzees: a 24-year review
• Infanticide in primates [wikipedia]