Male bimaturism and reproductive success in Sumatran orang-utans

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 643-652

  Utami, Sri Suci ^a,b   Goossens, Benoît ^c   Bruford, Michael W ^c   De Ruiter, Jan R ^d   Van Hooff, Jan A R A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecal analysis; Mating strategies; Microsatellites; Non invasive sampling; Orang utans; Paternity; Pongo pygmaeus abelii; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036747494     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.5.643     Document Type: Article

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