Non-reproductive copulation behavior among Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Huangshan, China

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-72

  Li, Jinhua ^a,b   Yin, Huabao ^a,b   Zhou, Lizhi ^a,b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco engineering and Bio technique   (China)

Author keywords

Birth season; Macaca thibetana; Non reproductive copulation; Social function

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COPULATION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COPULATION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUANG MOUNTAIN;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA THIBETANA;

EID: 33845548368     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0002-5     Document Type: Article

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