Bimorphism in male verreaux's sifaka in the Kirindy Forest of Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-182

  Lewis, Rebecca J ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Propithecus; Sexual selection; Signal

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; DOMINANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OLFACTORY CUE; ORNAMENTATION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KIRINDY FOREST; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI VERREAUXI;

EID: 33947577394     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9107-3     Document Type: Article

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