Evidence from rhesus macaques suggests that male coloration plays a role in female primate mate choice

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Waitt, Corri ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Wolfensohn, Sarah ^b   Honess, Paul ^c   Brown, Anthony P ^d   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^a   Perrett, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Harlan   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; Mate choice; Primates; Secondary sexual coloration

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHESUS MONKEY; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0242574718     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0065     Document Type: Article

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