Reproductive strategies of rhesus macaques

Primates

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-263

  Bercovitch, Fred B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Endurance rivalry; Macaca mulatta; Mate choice; Paternity; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RHESUS MACAQUES;

EID: 0031393797     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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