Lower risk of male infanticide in multilevel primate societies

Yi-Lin Xiang; Yang Yu; Hui-Juan Pan; Ming Li

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.478

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Yi-Lin Xiang, Yang Yu, Hui-Juan Pan, Ming Li. Lower risk of male infanticide in multilevel primate societies. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(2): 370-373. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.478

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Yi-Lin Xiang, Yang Yu, Hui-Juan Pan, Ming Li. Lower risk of male infanticide in multilevel primate societies. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(2): 370-373. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.478

Yi-Lin Xiang, Yang Yu, Hui-Juan Pan, Ming Li. Lower risk of male infanticide in multilevel primate societies. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(2): 370-373. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.478

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Yi-Lin Xiang, Yang Yu, Hui-Juan Pan, Ming Li. Lower risk of male infanticide in multilevel primate societies. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(2): 370-373. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.478

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Lower risk of male infanticide in multilevel primate societies

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.478

Yi-Lin Xiang^{1, 2},
Yang Yu³,
Hui-Juan Pan^{2
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Ming Li³

1.
School of Arts and Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
2.
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
3.
CAS Key Lab of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Before we conducted this study, we obtained approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration.
Supplementary data to this article can be found online.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
M.L. and H.J.P. designed the project. Y.L.X. and Y.Y. compiled the data and conducted the analyses. Y.L.X., Y.Y., and H.J.P. wrote the paper. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Funds: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31821001, 32070404), Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000), and State Forestry Administration of China

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Corresponding author: E-mail: phjjanine@bjfu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-01-02
Accepted Date: 2023-03-10

Published Online: 2023-03-16

Publish Date: 2023-03-18

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