Small testes size despite high extra-pair paternity in the pair-living nocturnal primate Phaner furcifer

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-301

  Schülke, Oliver ^a,b,c   Kappeler, Peter M ^a   Zischler, Hans ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Monogamy; Phaner furcifer; Sperm competition; Testes size

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MONOGAMY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FURCIFER; LEMUR; PHANER FURCIFER; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17644445030     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0709-x     Document Type: Article

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