How costly are ejaculates for Japanese macaques?

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-274

  Thomsen, Ruth ^a   Soltis, Joseph ^b   Matsubara, Miki ^c   Matsubayashi, Kiyoaki ^d   Onuma, Manabu ^d   Takenaka, Osamu ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Primate Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ejaculate; Energy; Japanese macaques; kJ; Yakushima

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MACACA; MALE; SEMEN;

EID: 33747331987     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0171-7     Document Type: Article

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