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Parental reactions to a dying marmoset infant: conditional investment by the mother, but not the father

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2021
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Brügger, R. K., & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Parental reactions to a dying marmoset infant: conditional investment by the mother, but not the father. Behaviour, 159(1), 89–109. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-bja10108

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The reproductive costs of cooperatively breeding callitrichid mothers are remarkable, and they have to rely on fathers and other group members to raise their offspring. Consequently, maternal responsiveness to and investment in infants tends to be conditional, and especially sensitive to infant cues and signals of vigour. Since fathers do not bear the same excessive reproductive costs, their threshold to invest in a dying immature may be lower than in mothers. We present an anecdotal report of reactions of a first-time breeding pair o

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  • Brügger, Rahel K
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  • Burkart, Judith M
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159

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1

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89

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109

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Animal Science and Zoology, Behavioral Neuroscience

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English

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2021-07-20

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2021-08-24

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0005-7959

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Green

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Brügger, R. K., & Burkart, J. M. (2021). Parental reactions to a dying marmoset infant: conditional investment by the mother, but not the father. Behaviour, 159(1), 89–109. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-bja10108

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