Intrasexual selection and testis size in strepsirhine primates

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-19

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

mating system; primates; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; sperm competition; testis

Indexed keywords

INTRASEXUAL SELECTION; LEMUR; LORIS; SPERM COMPETITION; TESTIS SIZE;

LEMURIFORMES; LORISIFORMES;

EID: 0030618896     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.10     Document Type: Article

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