Does promiscuous mating preclude female choice? Female sexual strategies in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-524

  Stumpf, R M ^a,b   Boesch, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Female choice; Pan troglodytes verus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAI NATIONAL PARK; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 15244347916     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0868-4     Document Type: Article

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