Can the patterns of sexual swelling cycles in female Taï chimpanzees be explained by the cost-of-sexual-attraction hypothesis?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-406

  Deschner, Tobias ^a,b   Boesch, Christophe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Postpartum amenorrhea period; Reproduction; Sexual swellings

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOMINID; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAI NATIONAL PARK; WEST AFRICA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 34250656579     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9120-1     Document Type: Article

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