Experience-dependent recapture rates and reproductive success in male grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 743-752

  Schmelting, Barthel ^a,b   Zimmermann, Elke ^b   Berke, Olaf ^b,c   Bruford, Michael W ^d   Radespiel, Ute ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrasexual competition; Mating tactics; Sexual selection; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOME RANGE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; PROBABILITY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34247622715     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20566     Document Type: Article

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