Using photogrammetry and color scoring to assess sexual dimorphism in wild western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-382

  Breuer, Thomas ^a,b   Robbins, Martha M ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Mbeli Bai Study   (Congo)

Author keywords

Body length; Coloration; Photogrammetry; Sagittal crest; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COLOR; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; COLOR; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 35348842251     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20678     Document Type: Article

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