Genital swellings in silvered langurs: What do they indicate?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-532

  Shelmidine, Nichole ^a,b   Borries, Carola ^b   Koenig, Andreas ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractivity; Cycling; Gestation; Proceptivity; Receptivity; Swelling size; Trachypithecus cristatus

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWELLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 34247619434     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20359     Document Type: Article

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