Penile erection: A reflection of sexual arousal and arousability in male chimpanzees

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-432

  Nadler, Ronald D ^a   Bartlett, Eric S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Genitals; Great apes; Male sexual motivation; Pan troglodytes; Primates; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030933778     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00454-4     Document Type: Article

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