Copulation behavior within one-male groups of wild Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains of China

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-196

  Li, Baoguo ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copulation behavior; Courtship; Female interference; Post conception copulation; Rhinopithecus roxellana; Sichuan snub nosed monkey; Skewed sexual competition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PRIMATE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBUS; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SUPPLY; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 34247864309     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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