Influence of female copulation calls on male sexual behavior in captive Macaca fascicularis

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 659-677

  Nikitopoulos, Eleni ^a   Arnhem, Eric ^b   Van Hooff, Jan A R A M ^a   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Female copulation calls; Female mating strategies; Long tailed macaques; Male mating strategies

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COPULATION; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 3442890965     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000023579.30595.ae     Document Type: Article

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