What hanuman langur males know about female reproductive status

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 701-712

  Ostner, Julia ^a,e   Chalise, Mukesh K ^b   Koenig, Andreas ^a   Launhardt, Kristin ^c   Nikolei, Julia ^d   Podzuweit, Doris ^c   Borries, Carola ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment of female reproductive status; Consortships; Paternity confusion; Receptive period; Semnopithecus entellus; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 33746048034     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20260     Document Type: Article

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