Sexual swellings of female gibbons

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 345-352

  Cheyne, Susan M ^a,c   Chivers, David J ^b  

^a Kalaweit Care Centre   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Anogenital swelling; Labial swelling; Paternity insurance

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VULVA;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; VULVA;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES AGILIS ALBIBARBIS; HYLOBATES MUELLERI; HYLOBATES SP.;

EID: 33747216829     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093699     Document Type: Article

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