Assessment of female reproductive status by male longtailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis, under natural conditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 915-924

  Engelhardt, Antje ^a,b   Pfeifer, Jan Boje ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^b   Niemitz, Carsten ^a   Van Hooff, Jan A R A M ^c   Hodges, J Keith ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 2442566607     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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