Female dominance and feeding priority in a prosimian primate: Experimental manipulation of feeding competition

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-304

  White, Frances J ^a,d   Overdorff, Deborah J ^b   Keith Lucas, Timothy ^c   Rasmussen, Michele A ^d   Kallam, W Eddie ^d   Forward, Zoë ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Feeding priority; Female dominance; Lemur catta; Lemurs; Male deference

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATCH SIZE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEMUR; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; LEMURIFORMES; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33947140854     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20346     Document Type: Article

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