Parental division of labour and differentiation of attachments in a monogamous primate (Callicebus moloch)

@article{Mendoza1986ParentalDO,
  title={Parental division of labour and differentiation of attachments in a monogamous primate (Callicebus moloch)},
  author={Sally P. Mendoza and William A. Mason},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1986},
  volume={34},
  pages={1336-1347}
}
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