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In this chapter, we explore the selective pressures that infanticides may exert on a population and the impacts they have on long-term fitness. Our model is developed for the particular case of Hanuman Langurs.
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Hannon, B., Ruth, M. (2014). Langur Infanticide and Long-Term Matriline Fitness. In: Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05615-9_14
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