Effects of male group size, parity, and cycle stage on female chimpanzee copulation rates at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-231

  Watts, David P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Copulations; Demographic effects; Mating

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION CYCLE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; NGOGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PAN;

EID: 34250896088     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-007-0037-2     Document Type: Article

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