Socio-sexual behavior of female northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 766-776

  Possamai, Carla B ^a,b   Young, Robert J ^b   Mendes, Sergio L ^c   Strier, Karen B ^d  

^a RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala ^*  (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception; Female mate choice; Northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus); Promiscuity; Socio sexual strategies

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELINAE; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHYTELES HYPOXANTHUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 34547103737     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20399     Document Type: Article

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