Rhesus macaque copulation calls: Re-evaluating the "honest signal" hypothesis

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-154

  Manson, Joseph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cayo Santiago; Copulatory vocalizations; Handicap principle; Macaca mulattta; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0000780216     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381402     Document Type: Review

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