Sexual swellings in female hamadryas baboons after male take-overs: 'Deceptive' swellings as a possible female counter-strategy against infanticide

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 157-168

  Zinner, Dietmar ^a   Deschner, Tobias ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female counter strategy; Infanticide; Papio h. hamadryas; Sexual swellings

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034528267     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2345(200012)52:4<157::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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