Male mating strategies and reproductive constraints in a group of wild tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-328

  Lynch Alfaro, Jessica W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus apella nigritus; Consortships; Mating strategies; Proceptivity; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CEBUS; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME FACTORS;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS APELLA NIGRITUS;

EID: 32944457938     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20188     Document Type: Article

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