Estrus cycle asynchrony in wild female chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-668

  Matsumoto Oda, Akiko ^a   Hamai, Miya ^b   Hayaki, Hitosige ^c   Hosaka, Kazuhiko ^d   Hunt, Kevin D ^e   Kasuya, Eiiti ^f   Kawanaka, Kenji ^g   Mitani, John C ^h   Takasaki, Hiroyuki ^g   Takahata, Yukio ⁱ  

^a Okinawa University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAMAKURA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Female competition; Mating strategy; Sexual conflict; Timing of estrus

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX HORMONE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES;

EID: 33847642663     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0287-9     Document Type: Article

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