Do Primate Females Gain Nonprocreative Benefits by Mating with Multiple Males? Theoretical and Empirical Considerations

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 187-197

  Soltis, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Female multiple mating; Mating; Mating benefits; Nonprocreative mating; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036407179     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10025     Document Type: Review

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