Male and female reproductive success in Macaca sylvanus in Gibraltar: No evidence for rank dependence

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1229-1249

  Kümmerli, Rolf ^a,c   Martin, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barbary macaque; Microsatellites; Paternity analysis; Rank correlation; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 29844457003     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-8851-0     Document Type: Article

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