Sex differences in copulation attempts in wild bonobos at Wamba

Primates

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Furuichi, Takeshi ^a   Hashimoto, Chie ^b  

^a MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Pan paniscus; Perineal swelling; Sex difference; Sexual behavior; Wamba

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN (APE); PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGO; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN PANISCUS; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CONGO; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN PANISCUS; PERINEUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 1442287461     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0055-7     Document Type: Article

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