Preliminary observations on sexual behavior and the mating system in free-ranging lesser galagos (Galago moholi)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-88

  Pullen, S L ^a   Bearder, S K ^b   Dixson, A F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galago; Mating system; Seasonal breeding; Sexual behavior; Testes size

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GALAGO; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RAIN; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034020957     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200005)51:1<79::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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