Female tactics to reduce sexual harassment in the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-101

  Fox, ElizaBeth A ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female countertactics; Harassment; Mate choice; Pongo pygmaeus abelii

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

INDONESIA;

PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036664378     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0495-x     Document Type: Article

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